The Alphabet CEO said “personal ownership” of Waymo’s lidar-equipped cars is an option long-term.

Google’s sister company Waymo is rapidly expanding its robotaxi business ahead of potential arrival of new competitors, ...

Alphabet said Thursday that Waymo is now providing over 250,000 paid robotaxi rides per week in the U.S., up from 200,000 in ...

The vehicles are currently the only driverless robotaxis that collect fares on rides in the US, operating a fleet of 700 ...

Elon Musk said Waymo can't compete with Tesla in part due to costs. Ex-Waymo CEO John Krafcik told BI those concerns are ...

Waymo has expanded slowly in a tricky autonomous vehicle market that has witnessed several casualties due to soaring ...

“Tesla has never competed with Waymo — they’ve never sold a robotaxi ride to a public rider, but they’ve sold a lot of cars. And although Tesla hopes to compete with Waymo someday, they’ve failed ...

That figure is up from 200,000 in February, before Waymo opened in Austin and expanded in the San Francisco Bay Area in March ...

Waymo maps out a city like San Francisco or Tokyo with its cars before deploying a robotaxi service to the public, and it uses a generous set of lidar sensors and cameras. Musk has previously said ...