PHOENIX — Google spinoff Waymo is trying to educate emergency responders on how to deal with its autonomous vehicles.
November 22, 2019
Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous
Waymo via YouTube
Waymo Offers Autonomous Car Guide for First Responders
Waymo via YouTube
Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous
Workers on the production line at Volkswagen's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Mark Elias/Bloomberg News)
VW Considers Sharing Autonomous-Car Tech to Defray Development Costs
Workers on the production line at Volkswagen's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Mark Elias/Bloomberg News)
Volkswagen AG is open to sharing future autonomous-vehicle systems with other manufacturers as it races to catch up with the likes of Waymo LLC in cost-intensive technologies that could transform the way people and goods move, according to an executive at the German automaker.
November 6, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous
Eric Risberg/Associated Press
Waymo CEO Sees Driverless Trucking Catching on Faster Than Taxis
Eric Risberg/Associated Press
True driverless cars have arrived from Waymo, the self-driving unit of Alphabet Inc., but the company’s chief executive officer says robot ride hailing may not be the first form of automotive autonomy to take off commercially.
October 29, 2019
Business, Technology, Autonomous
Mark Lennihan/Associated Press
Waymo to Test Autonomous Vehicles in Rainy Florida
Mark Lennihan/Associated Press
Google autonomous vehicle spinoff Waymo says it will start testing on public roads in Florida to better experience heavy rain.
August 20, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Autonomous, TCA
Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg News
California Greenlights Waymo Taxi Test Program
Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg News
California has granted Waymo permission to carry passengers in the autonomous vehicles it is testing on the state’s roads, paving the way for the self-driving car company to roll out a taxi service in San Jose.
July 5, 2019
Business, Equipment, Autonomous
Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg News
Waymo to Study Driverless Services With Renault-Nissan Alliance
Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg News
Waymo agreed to explore driverless services with Renault SA, Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., pairing a leader in self-driving technology with the world’s largest automotive alliance.
June 20, 2019
Business, Technology, Autonomous
Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg News
Fiat Teams With Silicon Valley’s Aurora on Self-Driving Tech
Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg News
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is partnering with Silicon Valley startup Aurora Innovation Inc. to develop and deploy a fleet of self-driving commercial vehicles in a bid to catch up with other automakers that have invested heavily in the technology.
June 10, 2019
Business, Technology, Autonomous
Eric Risberg/Associated Press
Waymo Brings Self-Driving Trucks to Phoenix-Area Freeways
Eric Risberg/Associated Press
Google’s self-driving vehicle division is bringing autonomous trucks to the Phoenix area. Waymo announced May 29 that its self-driving tractor-trailers will start driving on freeways this week and will expand to more routes over time.
May 30, 2019
Business, Technology, Autonomous
Waymo driverless vehicle (Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg News)
Waymo 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, 2019
Business, Technology, Autonomous
Idled American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. facility in Detroit (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Alphabet’s Waymo to Revive Detroit Plant With Self-Driving Cars
Idled American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. facility in Detroit (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo has picked an idled American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. facility in Detroit as the site where it will equip vehicles made by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and Jaguar Land Rover Automotive with self-driving technology.
April 23, 2019