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San Francisco robotaxis get the green light to operate 24/7

Ryan Daws — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:11:02 +0000

Google’s Waymo and General Motors’ Cruise have both received the green light from California’s regulatory body to implement 24/7 fare-based services for fully driverless rides in San Francisco. The pivotal decision was made by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which voted 3 to 1 in favour of granting the expansion of driverless services for... Read more »

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Waymo announces Austin as its fourth major city

Ryan Daws — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 15:13:41 +0000

Waymo, the self-driving technology company under Google’s parent company Alphabet, has officially announced Austin as its fourth major ride-hail city. Austin will be joining the ranks of Metro Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles as Waymo continues to expand and accelerate its business. Over the past few months, Waymo’s team has been conducting extensive testing... Read more »

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Waymo’s vehicles are confused by San Francisco’s fog

Ryan Daws — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 10:19:47 +0000

The latest challenge that autonomous vehicles are struggling with is driving in fog. Five of Waymo’s fully driverless vehicles had to pull over by the side of a residential street in San Francisco on Tuesday when they encountered the city’s notoriously dense fog. The incident caused significant traffic issues, as motorists were unable to pass... Read more »

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San Francisco officials want the CPUC to slow robotaxi authorisations

Ryan Daws — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 13:17:04 +0000

San Francisco officials have sent letters to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) expressing their concerns over the pace of robotaxi deployments. Driverless vehicle giants Cruise and Waymo have significant expansion plans for their respective operations in San Francisco. However, their existing deployments have been causing some problems for the city. Some of the reported... Read more »

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Waymo launches 24/7 autonomous ride-hailing service in San Francisco

Ryan Daws — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 17:25:33 +0000

Alphabet subsidiary Waymo has launched San Francisco’s first 24/7 fully-autonomous ride-hailing service. Earlier this month, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) granted Waymo a permit to participate in the state’s pilot initiative to provide “driverless” autonomous vehicle (AV) passenger service to the public. “We are seeing momentum build in this space and are working to... Read more »

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Waymo and Cruise can now offer autonomous vehicle rides to the public

Fin Strathern — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 10:20:28 +0000

Waymo and Cruise have both received approval to offer autonomous vehicle rides to the public by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Whilst a major step in the push towards autonomous vehicles, both companies will only be allowed to operate in certain parts of the state and under specific conditions. All that remains is... Read more »

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Ex-Google engineer sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing autonomous car secrets

Ryan Daws — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 15:43:45 +0000

Former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing autonomous car secrets. Levandowski was employed by Google’s self-driving car division Waymo when he transferred over 14,000 secret files to his laptop before leaving the company. The stolen files were taken to Uber, where Levandowski led the firm’s own robotaxi... Read more »

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Waymo and Volvo establish partnership to build electric robotaxis

Ryan Daws — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 16:03:26 +0000

Waymo has formed a partnership with automotive giant Volvo to build electric robotaxis. The companies announced the “exclusive” collaboration on Thursday which will see Waymo’s self-driving software being integrated with an electric vehicle by Volvo designed for taxi purposes. “Through our strategic partnership, we will first work together to integrate the Waymo Driver into an... Read more »

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Waymo will resume self-driving van trials in the Bay Area on June 18th

Ryan Daws — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 16:48:41 +0000

Waymo has said it will resume trials of self-driving vans in the Bay Area on June 18th. The company was forced to suspend its autonomous vehicle trials in mid-March following a “shelter-in-place” order issued in response to the coronavirus pandemic. “Back in March, we decided to suspend our driving operations in response to COVID-19 to... Read more »

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