Car Tech Waymo drops the term 'self-driving' for 'fully autonomous,' points finger at Tesla Tesla's Full Self-Driving feature is causing controversy By Rob Thubron, January 7, 2021, 7:03 AM 9 comments
Google Waymo opens up its driverless taxi service to the general public in Phoenix Availability will ramp up over the coming weeks By Cohen Coberly, October 8, 2020, 4:38 PM
Industry Former Uber engineer pleads guilty to stealing trade secrets from Google Anthony Levandowski is doing this in exchange for 32 other charges being dropped By Adrian Potoroaca, March 20, 2020, 12:15 PM
Car Tech Waymo and UPS team up for self-driving package delivery However, no deliveries to customers yet By David Matthews, January 29, 2020, 5:40 PM
Car Tech Mobile Phoenix-based iPhone users can now request a robo-taxi ride with Waymo's new iOS app The app arrived on Android earlier this year By Cohen Coberly, December 5, 2019, 6:33 PM
Industry Car Tech Uber will 'likely' be forced to license Waymo's self-driving car tech or redesign its own Uber has been accused of using Waymo trade secrets By Cohen Coberly, November 7, 2019, 6:32 PM
Industry Google Waymo's autonomous cars are now picking up Phoenix riders without a safety driver Only a few hundred users are participating for now By Cohen Coberly, October 28, 2019, 5:59 PM
Car Tech Waymo is close to offering truly driverless rides with no safety driver Would you ride in a fully autonomous taxi? By Shawn Knight, October 10, 2019, 10:24 AM
Industry Car Tech Feds charge former Google engineer with taking trade secrets to Uber Anthony Levandowski is out of another job and faces a barrage of 33 charges By Adrian Potoroaca, August 28, 2019, 8:08 AM
Car Tech DeepMind and Waymo team up to improve AI accuracy in self-driving cars Self-driving cars are about to get a lot smarter very fast By Adrian Potoroaca, July 26, 2019, 7:32 AM
Car Tech Google Waymo receives permission to test its self-driving cars with passengers in California A big step for the Google subsidiary By Cohen Coberly, July 3, 2019, 4:21 PM
Car Tech Google Waymo hires engineers from failed robotics startup Anki to work on self-driving trucks Waymo puts former Anki employees to work By Shawn Knight, June 27, 2019, 4:05 PM
Car Tech Industry Waymo's driverless vehicles are coming to Lyft's network in Phoenix The partnership will provide a valuable opportunity to collect feedback By Shawn Knight, May 8, 2019, 9:37 AM
Car Tech Tech Culture Vigilantes in Arizona are bullying Waymo's self-driving vehicles and safety drivers Not in our backyard! By Shawn Knight, December 13, 2018, 11:43 AM 13 comments
Car Tech Google Waymo launches commercial self-driving taxi service in Phoenix Would you take a ride in a self-driving taxi? By Shawn Knight, December 5, 2018, 12:44 PM
Car Tech Waymo is reportedly planning to launch its autonomous Uber-like ride-hailing service in December A significant milestone for the self-driving car industry By Cohen Coberly, November 13, 2018, 2:22 PM
Car Tech Google Waymo self-driving vehicle involved in non-fatal crash, company blames safety driver Waymo says its autonomous car tech wasn't at fault By Cohen Coberly, November 6, 2018, 12:27 PM 10 comments
Google Car Tech Waymo's self-driving cars have racked up over 10 million miles on public roads Waymo credits heavy investment in simulation for its real-world achievement By Shawn Knight, October 10, 2018, 3:13 PM 7 comments
Car Tech Google Waymo's upcoming autonomous taxi service will reportedly cost the same as an Uber ride The service could launch later this year By Cohen Coberly, July 31, 2018, 2:20 PM
Car Tech Waymo partners with Walmart to expand self-driving taxi program, now covers grocery pick-up Waymo wants to help you pick up your groceries By Cohen Coberly, July 25, 2018, 11:47 AM
Car Tech Google Waymo's self-driving car fleet has racked up 8 million miles in total driving distance on public roads Waymo's total driving miles have doubled since November By Cohen Coberly, July 20, 2018, 4:23 PM 21 comments
Google Waymo to launch a driverless ride-hailing service in Phoenix this year And without any safety drivers By Rob Thubron, May 9, 2018, 10:56 AM
Google Car Tech Waymo is launching their self-driving semi truck pilot test next week The vehicles will haul cargo to Google's data centers By Cohen Coberly, March 9, 2018, 3:43 PM
Google Car Tech Uber settles Waymo lawsuit, promises not to use Waymo's trade secrets The surprise ending came on day five of legal proceedings By Shawn Knight, February 9, 2018, 1:55 PM
Car Tech Google Waymo orders thousands of additional Chrysler Pacifica minivans for autonomous taxi service The taxi service will be coming to Phoenix this year By Cohen Coberly, January 30, 2018, 1:32 PM