Waymo on March 6 began selling the laser-mapping sensors used on its driverless vehicles to other companies — as long as the customers don’t compete with its core robotaxi business. The sensors, known as lidar, shoot lasers off objects to determine what is nearby.
March 6, 2019Waymo
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous
Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg News
Waymo Begins Marketing Self-Driving Sensors
Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg News
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous
A Chrysler Pacifica, equipped with Waymo's self-driving system, undergoes testing in Arizona. Waymo says its new factory will create 400 jobs to create autonomous vehicles. (Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg News)
Waymo Announces Plan for Autonomous-Vehicle Factory in Michigan
A Chrysler Pacifica, equipped with Waymo's self-driving system, undergoes testing in Arizona. Waymo says its new factory will create 400 jobs to create autonomous vehicles. (Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg News)
LANSING, Mich. — Google self-driving car spinoff Waymo said Jan. 22 that it will bring a factory to Michigan, creating up to 400 jobs at what it describes as the world’s first plant “100%” dedicated to the mass production of autonomous vehicles.
January 23, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous
Levandowski, when he was still head of Uber's self-driving program. His new venture, a software company called Pronto, is out with its first product, CoPilot. (Eric Risberg/Associated Press)
Levandowski Launches New Venture Pronto to Offer Level 2 Automation to Class 8 Truckers
Levandowski, when he was still head of Uber's self-driving program. His new venture, a software company called Pronto, is out with its first product, CoPilot. (Eric Risberg/Associated Press)
Autonomous vehicle pioneer Anthony Levandowski has formed a new software company called Pronto. Its first aftermarket product, Copilot, provides camera-based self-driving technology for the Class 8 market.
December 21, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous
Eric Risberg/Associated Press
Waymo, Uber Driverless Projects Make Scanning Sensors Cheaper
Eric Risberg/Associated Press
Google’s Waymo, Uber and carmakers GM and Mercedes-Benz are among the companies working to put driverless vehicles in showrooms. That competition also should help lower prices that can reach $75,000 apiece for the sensors that scan a car’s surrounding environment so it knows how to drive itself.
September 5, 2018
Government, Business, Technology, Autonomous, TCA
A Waymo customized Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (Getty Images)
Waymo Program in Arizona Focuses on Commuters Using Public Transit
A Waymo customized Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (Getty Images)
Self-driving vehicles typically are described as a disruptive technology that will make traditional modes of public transportation obsolete, but a recent announcement by Chandler-based Waymo is challenging that narrative.
August 6, 2018
Business, Technology, Autonomous
The hubcap of a Jaguar I-Pace with Waymo autonomous electric vehicle technology. (Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg News)
Why GM and Waymo Rely on Allies in Self-Driving Race
The hubcap of a Jaguar I-Pace with Waymo autonomous electric vehicle technology. (Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg News)
An automaker like General Motors Co. brings two advantages to the development of self-driving vehicles: knowledge of how to build a car and the factories to do it. Silicon Valley’s biggest entrants into autonomous vehicles, particularly Alphabet Inc., have legions of coders and piles of cash.
June 1, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous
The hubcap of a Jaguar I-Pace with Waymo autonomous electric vehicle is seen during an event in New York, March 27. (Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg News)
Google Backs Startup Working on Remote-Controlled Driverless Cars
The hubcap of a Jaguar I-Pace with Waymo autonomous electric vehicle is seen during an event in New York, March 27. (Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg News)
Gradient Ventures, an early-stage venture fund within Google, is leading a $6 million investment in a new company that’s building software to let humans control cars remotely.
March 28, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous
Waymo
Waymo, Jaguar Team Up With 20,000-Car Self-Driving Fleet
Waymo
Waymo is teaming up with Jaguar Land Rover on autonomous vehicles, its second major automaker partnership and a big boost for the nascent technology that has come under scrutiny recently.
March 27, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous, TCA
Waymo
Waymo CEO Krafcik Has ‘A Lot of Confidence’ His Tech Would Have Avoided Deadly Uber Accident
Waymo
In a pioneering self-driving car company’s first public comments on the Uber autonomous car accident March 18 that killed an Arizona woman, Waymo CEO John Krafcik said his tech could “handle” that very scenario.
March 26, 2018
Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous
Waymo
Waymo Autonomous Trucks Haul Freight in Atlanta
Waymo
It’s getting to be a traffic jam. Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous vehicle division Waymo began this month operating an autonomous freight truck in the Atlanta area, carrying server equipment, racks and related material to Google data centers.
March 14, 2018Pages
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