If you want to boost your chances of being paired with a Waymo vehicle, you can opt in by going to the Uber app, tapping Account > Settings > Autonomous vehicles (under Ride Preferences), and then ...

Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google parent Alphabet, is returning to New York City. But it won’t be offering rides to the paying public yet, as it currently does in four other cities.

Waymo has applied for a permit to test its robotaxis in New York City, despite an absence of local regulations supporting commercially operated autonomous vehicles. Waymo Applies for NYC Testing ...

A woman severely hurt in a bicycle crash with a Waymo robotaxi is suing the company, claiming one of its vehicles pulled over in a no-stopping zone next to a bike lane, and a passenger opened a ...

Waymo itself has experienced some issues, but as yet, nothing too serious. In New York, the opposition to robotaxis may not come from concerned citizens but from the city’s famed cab drivers.

Waymo is taking its first crack at New York City, filing a permit for autonomous vehicle testing. The company will begin with manual driving while pushing for state law changes to allow for ...

Waymo drove vehicles manually through Manhattan in 2021 to map the city’s streets. Courtesy of Waymo. Now, it provides more than 250,000 fully autonomous paid trips each week across major US cities.

Waymo, a leader in self-driving car technology, is currently seeking permission to roll out its AI-driven taxi in New York City, with a safety driver behind the wheel at all times.

Waymo wants to bring driverless cars to NYC 00:26. Waymo, Google's self-driving car division, wants to return to New York City. "New York, we're coming back to the Big Apple next month!

Waymo first ventured into New York in late 2021, but did not let its cars operate autonomously then either. New York State law limits the use of autonomous cars to testing and does not allow ...