Waymo passenger nearly misses his flight after car drives in
Jan 7, 2025 · See Waymo passenger in driverless car stuck on a loop. A Los Angeles tech entrepreneur found himself trapped in a self-driving taxi last month on his way to the airport, with the car repeatedly...
Waymo and Hyundai enter multi-year, strategic partnership
Oct 4, 2024 · Today, Waymo and Hyundai Motor Company announced they have entered into a multi-year, strategic partnership. In the first phase of this partnership, the companies will integrate Waymo’s sixth-generation fully autonomous technology – the Waymo Driver – into Hyundai’s all-electric IONIQ 5 SUV, which will be added to the Waymo One fleet ...
Waymo secures $5.6B in funding to expand to new cities in 2025
Oct 25, 2024 · Robotaxi developer Waymo has closed an oversubscribed Series C funding round totaling $5.6 billion. Alongside an expanded partnership with Uber, the funds will help the rideshare company expand...
Waymo and Uber expand partnership to bring autonomous ride …
Sep 13, 2024 · Today, Waymo and Uber are announcing an expanded partnership to bring the Waymo One experience to Austin and Atlanta, only on the Uber app, beginning in early 2025. In these cities, Uber will manage and dispatch a fleet of Waymo’s fully autonomous, all-electric Jaguar I-PACE vehicles, which will grow to hundreds of vehicles over time.
Scaling Waymo One safely across four cities this year
Mar 13, 2024 · Waymo vehicles have now driven over 10 million miles without a human driver behind the wheel and billions more in simulation — an unprecedented dataset of safe driving experience that has helped generalize the Waymo Driver’s capabilities to Los Angeles and Austin.
Waymo and Zoox are under federal investigation as self-driving …
May 14, 2024 · NHTSA has learned of 22 incidents in which self-driving Waymo cars “exhibited driving behavior that potentially violated traffic safety laws,” according to a document posted online by NHTSA,...
Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo closes $5.6 billion funding …
Oct 25, 2024 · Alphabet-owned driverless vehicle unit Waymo just closed a $5.6 billion funding round to expand its robotaxi service across the U.S.
Waypoint - The official Waymo blog
Today, we’re sharing our new cutting-edge research with Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading reinsurers, analyzing liability claims related to collisions from 25.3 million fully autonomous miles driven by Waymo.
Waymo Turns Toward Making Money as It Expands Driverless Car …
Sep 4, 2024 · Once a novelty service that opened last year for limited downtown trips, Waymo rides are now open to the general public, ubiquitous on the city’s hilly roads. The company, which is owned by...
Self-driving car company Waymo under investigation after crashes
May 16, 2024 · Waymo is under investigation by federal safety regulators for reported driverless car crashes and traffic violations, the National Highway Safety Administration announced this week.