Waymo says it provides more than 150,000 trips each week. I've hailed several rides myself in San Francisco, and as ...

Aurora’s stock had a wild ride this month and CEO Chris Urmson, who led Google’s self-driving car program in its pre-Waymo days, thinks it’s on the cusp of commercializing driverless trucks.

On paper, that might sound like a disaster for Waymo. Alphabet’s self-driving tech developer announced in 2021 that automaker Zeekr—a brand majority owned by the Chinese automotive giant Geely ...

Expensive-looking robotaxis make easy targets, it seems. On Saturday, a self-driving Waymo cab was badly trashed by a crowd, who tore the vehicle to absolute shreds as it idled in the middle of a ...

Customers may be more likely to opt for a Waymo over another ride-hailing service or taxi if the robotaxi can take the shortest possible route — which is oftentimes accessed via freeway.

Waymo lobbyists had a busy 2024. A recent review of lobbyist disclosure data by the San Francisco Examiner revealed Waymo paid lobbyists to meet with San Francisco government officials 348 times ...

A security researcher who lives in San Francisco discovered an unreleased feature in Waymo’s app that may allow customers to tip for their robotaxi rides. Jane Manchun Wong, a security ...

Waymo’s driverless fleet of Jaguar I-Paces ... they shouldn’t drive through that part of the road with the work truck present ... or at the very least, they likely would’ve slowed down ...

In the cutthroat rideshare industry, it’s not typical to promote other modes of transportation, but Waymo has proven to be anything but typical during its Los Angeles rollout. The autonomous ...

So naturally some of us were wondering how that would affect Waymo’s next-gen robotaxis, which are built by Zeekr in China. Now that it’s had a few days to review the rule, Waymo assures us ...

Waymo’s driverless fleet of Jaguar I-Paces ... they shouldn’t drive through that part of the road with the work truck present ... or at the very least, they likely would’ve slowed down ...