Waymo

Waymo LLC is a self-driving technology development company. It is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Waymo originated as a project of Google before it became a stand-alone subsidiary in December 2016. In April 2017, Waymo started a limited trial of a self-driving taxi service in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Who Will Use Self-Driving Cars?
Who Will Use Self-Driving Cars?
October 18, 2019  |  Innovation

Last week, Waymo, Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle business, announced that completely driverless Waymo cars are on the way – at least for customers in the suburbs...

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Renault Pilots Self-Driving Ride-Hailing Service
Renault Pilots Self-Driving Ride-Hailing Service
October 14, 2019  |  Ridesharing

Renault has started a public trial of its on-demand car service on the Paris-Saclay urban campus, according to a press release on Monday (Oct. 14)....

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Waymo Says ‘Completely Driverless’ Minivans Coming To AZ
Waymo Says ‘Completely Driverless’ Minivans Coming To AZ
October 10, 2019  |  Ridesharing

Waymo, the autonomous vehicle business under Google’s parent company Alphabet, sent an email to its ride-hailing app customers advising that their next trip might not...

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Waymo Uses 3D Mapping To Gauge LA Self-Driving Logistics
Waymo Uses 3D Mapping To Gauge LA Self-Driving Logistics
October 08, 2019  |  Mobile

Waymo announced that it will use its 3D mapping technology to figure out if its self-driving cars can navigate the heavy traffic congestion in Los...

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To Solve the Truck Driver Shortage – Look to Self-Driving Tech?
To Solve the Truck Driver Shortage – Look to Self-Driving Tech?
September 12, 2019  |  Innovation

Hints of how to solve the truck driver shortage — which causes friction along supply chains, and across the last mile — may be shifting...

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Car Companies Call For Softer Self-Driving Regulations
Car Companies Call For Softer Self-Driving Regulations
August 30, 2019  |  Regulation

As federal regulators are rewriting rules for autonomous cars, and around 90 organizations have offered up public comments about proposed regulation, according to CNBC. Many...

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Ex-Google Engineer Charged With Selling Trade Secrets To Uber
Ex-Google Engineer Charged With Selling Trade Secrets To Uber
August 27, 2019  |  Legal

Former Google engineer and self-driving pioneer Anthony Levandowski is being charged with stealing closely guarded secrets and selling them to Uber, The Wall Street Journal...

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Waymo To Test Autonomous Vehicles In Florida
Waymo To Test Autonomous Vehicles In Florida
August 20, 2019  |  Innovation

Waymo plans to test autonomous vehicles in the rainy conditions of Florida, according to a report. The company, which is owned by Google’s parent company...

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Alphabet’s Waymo, DeepMind Team For More Sophisticated Self-Driving Tech
Alphabet’s Waymo, DeepMind Team For More Sophisticated Self-Driving Tech
July 25, 2019  |  Innovation

Waymo, a self-driving and robotaxi company, and DeepMind, an AI company, have teamed up to better train self-driving software in a way that mimics Darwinian...

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