Forbes7y
Waymo Tests Its Self-Driving Cars In My Town. Here Are The Odd Things I've Seen.
Today, the "Google" decal has been replaced with "Waymo," the company Google created to commercialize its AV technology, but the fleet of Lexus RX 450h SUV hybrids is still going strong.
Electrek13d
Waymo is now valued at a staggering $45 billion
After getting a hefty $5.6 billion in fresh capital last week, Alphabet’s autonomous driving unit Waymo is now reported to be valued at more than $45 billion. Waymo has come to symbolize ...
The Verge3d
Waymo compiles ‘largest ever’ dataset of pedestrian and cyclist injuries
Waymo, the robotaxi company owned by Alphabet, recently published a new study examining hundreds of these types of crashes involving vulnerable road users, which it is calling “the largest ...
Barron's1mon
What About Waymo?
Alphabet’s Waymo completes more than 100,000 driverless taxi rides a week. Alphabet shares, however, weren’t getting a bump fr Tesla hopes to begin robotaxi service in a couple of cities in 2025.
TechCrunch1mon
The woman who filmed Waymo’s honking robotaxis got an apology promo — then spent all day using it
Sophia Tung set up a livestream this past summer, showing self-driving Waymo cars honking from the San Francisco parking lot near her apartment at all hours of the night. As a kind of apology for ...
Transport Topics20d
Waymo Closes $5.6 Billion Funding Round
Waymo, Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit, raised $5.6 billion from investors, its largest-ever funding round. The investment round was led by Google parent Alphabet and included ...
Forbes28d
Waymo Timeline Also Ranks All Robotaxi Players, With Tesla In Last
Waymo was founded at Google in 2009, and is now widely acknowledged as the clear leader among Robotaxi players. It’s been a long path over 15 years. This new infographic (PDF) plots the path ...
The Verge20d
Waymo just raised $5.6 billion to spread robotaxis to more cities
Waymo just completed an oversubscribed funding round of $5.6 billion, its largest investment round to date. The company said it will use the funds to support its robotaxi business in its current ...
Waymo to add Hyundai EVs to robotaxi fleet under new multiyear deal
Hyundai Motor and Waymo have agreed to a multiyear, strategic partnership that includes the self-driving company adding the ...
Benzinga.com29d
Waymo Co-founder Says Tesla Has An Advantage In Race To Autonomous Driving: 'I'd Rather Be In Tesla's Shoes Than In Waymo's Shoes'
Alphabet Inc. GOOG GOOGL subsidiary Waymo’s co-founder Anthony Levandowski is more optimistic about Tesla Inc.’s TSLA self-driving vision over Waymo’s given the EV giant’s wealth of data.
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Hyundai and Waymo’s new partnership could bring autonomous driving to your driveway
Hyundai Motor Company and Waymo have announced a multi-year strategic partnership aimed at transforming autonomous driving. While the initial focus is on integrating Waymo’s sixth-generation ...