Waymo

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with a statement from Waymo. A driverless Waymo car’s reaction to being pulled over by the police in Phoenix has Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk in splits. What Happened: Musk on Thursday responded to a video shared on X of a driverless car being...

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) subsidiary Waymo said on Tuesday that its autonomous ride-hailing service called Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco around the clock, making it the second city where anyone can simply download the app and hail an autonomous car to get...

RBC Capital Markets lowered its price target on Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) from $293 to $227 Thursday, based on a lower robotaxi segment valuation. Another analyst sees Tesla’s upcoming Robotaxi day boosting a competitor. Robotaxi Valuation Adjustment: RBC Capital assigned a $414 billion...

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) subsidiary Waymo released a safety report on Tuesday pegging its autonomous driving technology as better than a human driver, resulting in fewer crashes that cause injuries or even police-reported crashes in San Francisco and Phoenix. What Happened: Had a...

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect that Waymo is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Waymo is recalling about 672 of its self-driving vehicles after identifying their inability to avoid a pole or pole-like objects. What Happened: The...

Amazon.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) self-driving car unit Zoox on Wednesday said it will soon begin testing in Austin, Texas, and Miami. What Happened: The two cities will mark the fourth and fifth public testing locations for Zoox. The company started in San Francisco in 2018 and has since...

U.S. auto safety regulator NHTSA has identified nine more reports of “unexpected driving behavior” in certain vehicles equipped with Waymo‘s fifth-generation automated driving system (ADS). What Happened: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration commenced a preliminary...

U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Waymo self-driving vehicles following reports of potential traffic safety law violations. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has commenced the inquiry into around 444 Waymo...

Ark Investment Management‘s Chief Futurist Brett Winton on Thursday opined that Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) would take over Alphabet Inc‘s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) autonomous driving unit Waymo in solving large-scale vehicle autonomy, thanks to its larger dataset. What Happened: While...

Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk on Sunday responded to the resistance against self-driving cars in San Francisco and expressed his sympathies for autonomous vehicles. What Happened: Musk on Sunday expressed shock at a video shared on X of an individual attacking a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco....

In a groundbreaking move, Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) Waymo’s self-driving cars have started delivering UberEats by Uber (NYSE:UBER) orders in the Phoenix metropolitan area. This marks the first time autonomous vehicles have been used in the partnership between Waymo and Uber. What...

Waymo staff research scientist and tech lead manager Charles Ruizhongtai Qi took to Linkedin on Friday to announce that he would be joining EV giant Tesla Inc‘s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Autopilot team to work on its full self-driving software. As per his LinkedIn profile, Qi has been employed at Waymo...

Alphabet Inc‘s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) autonomous driving unit, Waymo, has announced plans to offer public driverless rides in Austin, Texas, later this year, directly targeting Tesla‘s home turf. Public Launch in Los Angeles: Starting Thursday, Waymo will offer...

A Reddit post on r/stocks by user divine-intervention7 brought Redditors’ attention to Alphabet Inc‘s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Waymo. It raised the question of whether the autonomous driving technology company’s potential is underrated. Specially, now that Google is in the...

Recently, a California regulator has decided to suspend Waymo‘s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) expansion plans for its robotaxi services. The decision is a result of the increasing safety concerns surrounding autonomous vehicles. What Happened: The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has postponed...