‘Waymo One Tour’ lets you take an autonomous ride in Los Angeles [U]
Ahead of a wider launch, a Waymo One Tour will let people in Los Angeles “score early access tickets to take fully autonomous Waymo One rides.”
Expand Expanding CloseAhead of a wider launch, a Waymo One Tour will let people in Los Angeles “score early access tickets to take fully autonomous Waymo One rides.”
Expand Expanding CloseThe Waymo One ride-hailing service today operates on surface streets and will soon be able to use freeways.
Expand Expanding CloseNew safety research from Waymo finds that its driverless cars “led to a significant reduction in the rates of police-reported and injury-causing crashes compared to human drivers.”
Expand Expanding CloseBack in May, Uber announced a multiyear strategic partnership to make Waymo robotaxis available in its app, and that’s now happening in Phoenix, Arizona.
Expand Expanding CloseI’ve been writing about Waymo from afar since 2017, so finally being able to actually use the product was a trip, literally. Last week in San Francisco, I took two Waymo One rides as a completely normal passenger.
Expand Expanding CloseWaymo is focusing its “efforts and investment on ride-hailing” with Waymo One being the business priority going forward.
Expand Expanding CloseAfter a big lawsuit several years ago, Uber is partnering with Waymo to add robotaxis to its ride hailing app.
Expand Expanding CloseUber and Lyft competitor Waymo One is expanding its service area in Phoenix and testing in San Francisco ahead of getting a paid permit.
Expand Expanding CloseWaymo today announced that it is moving towards a fully electric vehicle-powered fleet for its Waymo One ride-hailing service, as the Jaguar I-PACE replaces older vehicles.
Expand Expanding CloseFollowing major layoffs throughout Google earlier this year, Waymo has cut more of its staff in a new round of layoffs.
Expand Expanding CloseIn October, Waymo announced that its ride-hailing service is coming next to Los Angeles following Phoenix and San Francisco. Waymo vehicles have now started “fully-autonomous (no human driver) testing in LA.”
Expand Expanding CloseWaymo’s latest milestone is autonomously driving one million miles on public roads without a human safety driver.
Expand Expanding CloseA year after Waymo announced a custom robotaxi for its ride-hailing service, the Alphabet company today previewed the autonomous electric vehicle.
Expand Expanding CloseFollowing Phoenix and San Francisco, Waymo is bringing its “One” ride-hailing service to Los Angeles in a sizable expansion.
Expand Expanding CloseIn things that surprisingly work rather well together, a Waymo employee has set a time lapse of an autonomous vehicle operating in San Francisco to lo-fi hip-hop.
Expand Expanding CloseWaymo One is Alphabet’s autonomous ride-hailing service, and work to upgrade the passenger experience is happening hand-in-hand with expanding availability. The latest Waymo autonomous vehicle (AV) improvements focus on the pickup experience and include a new melody.
Expand Expanding CloseAlphabet’s Waymo is about to conduct another new test with its self-driving trucks to deliver home furniture, but the company is also calling on California to end its ban on the vehicles.
Expand Expanding CloseWaymo has been inching its way toward fully autonomous rides for the population of San Francisco, and this week it’s taking a big step. Starting today, Waymo is conducting fully driverless taxi rides in San Francisco.
Expand Expanding CloseWaymo One is Alphabet’s autonomous Lyft and Uber competitor that’s already operating in Phoenix, Arizona. Following testing in California, Waymo has now received permission to start charging fares and operate 24/7 in parts of San Francisco and San Mateo.
Expand Expanding CloseWaymo One is Alphabet’s Lyft/Uber competitor that’s live in Phoenix and currently undergoing testing in San Francisco. Waymo today announced a future EV for its US ride-hailing service that will be “rider-first” and have no steering wheel.
Expand Expanding CloseFollowing many other tech companies in recent days, Waymo and Google announced today that it’s no longer having an in-person presence at CES 2022 due to the “quickly evolving COVID infection rates.”
Expand Expanding CloseAlphabet’s Waymo project has been running in San Francisco for some time, overall with plenty of success, but also with a few stumbles. This week, one Waymo vehicle struck a pedestrian, but the company has now confirmed this was a case of human error.
Expand Expanding CloseAlphabet’s autonomous vehicle project is expanding in the coming weeks, as Waymo Via is pulling on its partnership with UPS to test freight truck deliveries in large Class 8 trucks.
Expand Expanding CloseAs it continues expanding driving efforts in cities like San Francisco, Waymo today announced that it will bring its vehicles to NYC to train on the busy streets of Manhattan.
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