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Batteries for Electric Cars Speed Toward Tipping Point
An electric vehicle charging station. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News)
According to a survey conducted by BloombergNEF, electric vehicle makers soon will be producing models that are as affordable — and as profitable — as comparable combustion-engine models.
December 16, 2020Waymo Begins Fully Driverless Rides for All Arizona Customers
Waymo signage is displayed on the door of a Chrysler Pacifica autonomous vehicle in Chandler, Ariz. (Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg News)
Waymo said Oct. 8 that it is opening its fully driverless ride-hailing service in suburban Phoenix to the public.
October 8, 2020Zipline Medical Drones Begin Flying in the US
A drone launches from Zipline's California test facility. (Roksenhorn/Creative Commons)
On May 22, before Memorial Day, a six-foot long, red-and-white drone took off from a field in Kannapolis, N.C., flew 15 miles west over suburban Charlotte to Novant Health’s Huntersville Medical Center, and dropped a box of protective masks in a designated spot next to the parking lot.
May 27, 2020Delivery Robot Operators Adjust to Home Environment
(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
Peter Daniels is one of the millions of Americans working from home because of the coronavirus, and he watches delivery robots as they roll along sidewalks 350 miles away.
May 20, 2020Americans Still Skeptical of Self-Driving Cars, Poll Shows
A driver demonstrates a semi-autonomous vehicle in Michigan in 2017. (Graham Walzer/Bloomberg News)
Nearly half of Americans say they would not get in a self-driving taxi, according to a poll commissioned by the advocacy group Partners for Automated Vehicle Education.
May 19, 2020Waymo Pauses Most Operations in Response to COVID-19
A Waymo vehicle in Mountain View, Calif., in May 2019. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
Waymo is pausing most operations in Arizona and California in response to the coronavirus outbreak, the company announced March 17.
March 17, 2020Waymo Inches Forward as Self-Driving Frontrunner With 1,000 Riders
Waymo driverless vehicle (Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg News)
The first major self-driving taxi service needed six months to reach 1,000 customers, another sign that growth may be slow as companies try to build businesses around autonomous vehicles.
May 9, 2019First Responders Work With Developers to ‘Teach’ Self-Driving Cars to Pull Over
An instrument panel indicates Autopilot is active inside a Tesla Model S. (Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg)
What happens when police need to stop a driverless car?
March 8, 2019