Several people were injured after a crash involving multiple vehicles Sunday evening in the SoMa neighborhood, the San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) said. San Francisco police responded around 6:08 p.
The vehicles Waymo receives from Geely, it says, are “base vehicles,” stripped of telematics systems and any other technology that would allow the vehicle to communicate with, or send data back to, its manufacturer. Only “authorized personnel” install Waymo's self-driving technology into the cars after they’re delivered to the United States.
A high-tech, low-intelligence thief tried to escape in a self-driving Waymo car after robbing a Los Angeles grocery store Monday night — only to be foiled when cops used its technology to
A month ago, a video circulated around social media of a Waymo robotaxi stuck in a roundabout loop — an isolated incident with no passengers in the
A Waymo customer said his self-driving taxi drove him around in eight circles, almost making him late for his flight. A video shows Waymo’s customer service wasn’t able to do much to stop the vehicle, raising concerns about self-driving safety. If you’ve ever worried about a robotaxi going rogue, one Waymo customer has lived your worst nightmare.
For the autonomous vehicle-obsessed, the Waymo-Zeekr robotaxi is nothing new. In 2021, Waymo and Zeekr announced a partnership. Waymo first showed a
Up to the start of 2024, Google’s self-driving project Waymo had ferried public passengers for 1mn trips since the initiative began in 2009, not 1mn miles
But for the regulations to push self-driving vehicles forward, safety must be prioritized, the co-CEO said. She hopes that the Trump administration puts risk mitigation at the forefront of its proposed national regulatory framework.
Johns was still able to catch his flight but was left dizzy and frustrated by the experience with the taxi from Waymo, the self-driving car arm of Google’s parent company Alphabet. Waymo said ...
For the blind and visually impaired community, getting around by vehicle can be a challenge. Public transportation can help, but more and more people are choosing Waymo and other autonomous vehicles.
WeRide CFO Jennifer Li told Business Insider that China's high-tech EV industry was giving its robotaxi firms a major advantage.