The company will buy 20,000 electric I-Paces and use them to create a massive platoon of self-driving ridesharing cars. https://media.wired.com/photos/5aba6c99b9570a67ba0334c2/master/pass/Waymo_TranspoStory.jpg
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Waymo Chief Says His Company’s Self-Driving Tech “Would Be Able to Handle” Fatal Uber Crash Scenario
– Waymo chief executive John Krafcik said he is confident his company’s technology “would be able to handle” a scenario like the one that resulted in a fatal accident involving a self-driving Uber vehicle, the first such death on a public road. Krafcik was speaking Saturday at a National Auto Dealers Association (NADA) convention in Las Vegas […]
Waymo video shows you what it's like to ride in a truly driverless car
It’s easy to ignore the daily onslaught of stories about autonomous cars, which still seem a lot like vaporware to some of us. Plus, those things are for somebody else, right, not a righteous car enthusiast like you or me. But here’s a brief video that shows the technology is not in some far-off future, […]
Waymo Is Testing Self-Driving Trucks in Georgia
Autonomous big rigs could make trucking safer, and make Google’s sister company some money too. https://media.wired.com/photos/5aa2c77b9ccf76090d774f35/master/pass/truckingwaymo.jpg
Waymo self-driving trucks are hauling gear for Google data centers
Enlarge (credit: Waymo) Waymo, Google’s self-driving car company, is moving beyond driverless taxis. The company announced on Friday that its self-driving trucks have begun hauling real cargo in the Atlanta area. A safety driver in the truck will take over if anything goes wrong. “Over the past year, we’ve been conducting road tests of Waymo’s […]
Robotaxi permit gets Arizona’s OK; Waymo will start service in 2018
Enlarge / You’ll know it’s a Waymo Pacifica Hybrid by the roof bar covered in sensors. (credit: FCA) On Friday, we discovered that Waymo, the self-driving Google spinoff, has been granted a permit to operate as a Transportation Network Company in the state of Arizona. This means that it can launch an official ride-hailing service […]
Uber’s CEO says its $245 million settlement with Waymo was ‘well worthwhile’
Thomson Reuters Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the company’s $ 245 settlement with Waymo was “well worthwhile.” The case put a “pretty significant question mark” over the work of Uber’s employees, he said, and the firm wanted to put the case behind it. Khosrowshahi joined the company five months ago, and is trying to right the […]
Uber reaches settlement with Alphabet’s Waymo over alleged theft of trade secrets
Uber has announced that it’s reached a settlement with Alphabet’s autonomous car division Waymo. The news comes four days into a trial brought about by Waymo, after it alleged that former employees, including Anthony Levandowski, had stolen confidential information to use in a new self-driving vehicle venture called Otto, which was subsequently acquired by Uber. […]
Waymo and Uber end trial with sudden $244 million settlement
Enlarge / Autodesk VRED Design 2017. (credit: Waymo) In a stunning turn, Waymo and Uber have settled their self-driving trade secrets lawsuit on the fifth day of the trial. Ars has learned that Uber has agreed to pay out 0.34 percent of Uber’s equity, with a $ 72 billion valuation, resulting in a payout of […]
It’s all over: Why the Waymo v. Uber self-driving settlement makes sense
Enlarge (credit: Uber) On Friday morning, Waymo and Uber settled their trade secrets lawsuit, setting the stage for self-driving marketplace competition rather than a legal battle. After a drawn-out struggle both in a court of law and the court of public opinion, a settlement is the outcome that makes the most sense for both parties. […]
