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Waymo will stop selling its self-driving LiDAR sensors to other companies
Alphabet's Waymo plans to halt sales of its LiDARs to third-parties.
Saqib Shah08.27.2021
Waymo opens its self-driving taxis to 'Trusted Testers' in San Francisco
Alphabet's fully autonomous driving unit Waymo is ready to offer rides to select passengers in San Francisco.
Igor Bonifacic08.24.2021
Waymo's autonomous vehicles have clocked 20 million miles on public roads
The company provided an update on its self-driving program.
Kris Holt08.19.2021
Waymo had to rescue an autonomous van that was confused by safety cones
Programming a computer to understand and navigate roads designed for human drivers is hard.
Igor Bonifacic05.14.2021
Waymo and Cruise may soon offer autonomous rides and deliveries in California
Waymo and Cruise have asked California's DMV for permission to start charging for rides and deliveries with their autonomous vehicles in California.
Mariella Moon05.12.2021
Waymo has two new CEOs, one of whom is a woman of color
John Krafcik is handing over the job to executives Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov.
Igor Bonifacic04.02.2021
Waymo's set to test its self-driving taxis in San Francisco
Alphabet's self-driving subsidiary Waymo is for the first time expanding its testing range beyond the boundaries of the Phoenix, Arizona area and heading to the City by the Bay.
Andrew Tarantola02.17.2021
Donald Trump pardons ex-Waymo, Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski
Anthony Levandowski, an engineer convicted of stealing information about self-driving car tech from Google/Waymo, has been pardoned by Donald Trump.
Richard Lawler01.20.2021
Waymo will no longer use the term 'self-driving' to describe its tech
The next time Waymo talks about its autonomous vehicle technology, you won’t see the Alphabet subsidiary use the term “self-driving.”
Igor Bonifacic01.07.2021
Waymo's COVID-19 safety tightens as it faces another possible shutdown
A Waymo partner has reportedly set out tighter COVID-19 safety rules, and it's not guaranteeing that it can pay quarantined workers in the future.
Jon Fingas11.25.2020
Waymo shares in-depth details of self-driving car activity in Phoenix
Waymo’s vehicles have driven a total of 6.1 million miles in Phoenix, Arizona, where it first started testing its self-driving technology.
Mariella Moon10.31.2020
Waymo and Daimler team up to develop self-driving trucks
Waymo and Daimler are partnering to develop self-driving trucks destined for the US.
Jon Fingas10.27.2020
Waymo offers public rides in driverless cars in Phoenix
Three years after coming to Phoenix, Waymo plans to open its fully autonomous cars to the city’s wider population.
Igor Bonifacic10.08.2020
Cavnue is designing a road for autonomous cars in Michigan
The state of Michigan is partnering with an Alphabet subsidiary called Cavnue to potentially build a 40-mile autonomous corridor between Detroit and Ann Arbor.
Igor Bonifacic08.14.2020
Ex-Waymo engineer Levandowski sentenced to 18 months in prison
US District Judge William Alsup has sentenced Anthony Levandowski, the former lead Waymo engineer at the heart of a trade secret legal battle between the Alphabet subsidiary and Uber, to 18 months in prison. Prosecutors sought a 27-month sentence, while Levandowski requested a one-year home confinement, telling the court that his recent bouts with pneumonia makes him susceptible to COVID—19. Alphabet filed a lawsuit against Uber in 2017, accusing the company of colluding with its former employee to steal secrets from Waymo.
Mariella Moon08.05.2020
Waymo and FCA's expanded deal includes self-driving Ram vans
Waymo and FCA are expanding their arrangement around self-driving tech, and Waymo is going to equip the Ram ProMaster van for autonomously driven deliveries.
Richard Lawler07.22.2020
Volvo will use Waymo technology to power its self-driving cars
Volvo will use Waymo technology to guide its self-driving cars, including one built for ride-hailing services.
Jon Fingas06.25.2020
Waymo's self-driving vans will return to Bay Area streets on June 8th
Waymo is putting its self-driving cars back on the road in the San Francisco Bay Area on June 8th, but only for deliveries and not passengers.
Jon Fingas05.30.2020
Americans don't know why they don't trust self-driving cars
A new survey from PAVE suggests self-driving car companies have a long way to go before they people trust their vehicles.
Igor Bonifacic05.19.2020
Waymo suspends all services until at least April 7th
Waymo put most of its services on hold earlier this week, except for fully driverless rides in Phoenix and some testing, to slow the spread of COVID-19. Just a few days later, the Alphabet company has opted to suspend all of its services until April 7th at the very least.
Kris Holt03.20.2020