Cruise To Halve Its Road-Going AV Fleet, California DMV Asked It To Trim SF Operations
19 Aug 2023, 20:37 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / The GM-owned robotaxi operator has had a couple of hectic days lately. Sadly, they culminated in a reduction of AVs allowed on public roads
Robotaxi Watershed Moment Is Here, but San Francisco Is Terrified by the Driverless Cars
11 Aug 2023, 09:49 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Cruise and Waymo got the green light to operate driverless 24/7 ride-hailing services in San Francisco, despite the city's opposition
Don't Be Deceived by Autonomous Cars Propaganda – You Drive Better Than Computers
18 Jul 2023, 10:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Cruise made an advertisement based on statistics, but that was a way to torture numbers in its favor. Would a traffic cone prevent you from driving?
Activists in San Francisco Start Disabling Waymo and Cruise Robotaxis With Traffic Cones
7 Jul 2023, 14:49 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Activists in San Francisco have declared "the Week of Cone" and are now using traffic cones to disable autonomous vehicles operated by Cruise and Waymo
San Francisco Will Soon Be Invaded by Driverless Cars, and Local Authorities Are Horrified
5 Jul 2023, 15:14 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / California regulators might allow Waymo and Cruise to operate 24/7 on the streets of San Francisco, and local officials are horrified at the idea
California's Now One Step Closer to Banning Driverless Autonomous Trucks
1 Jun 2023, 13:48 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / California is where most up-and-coming autonomous driving companies are headquartered. They might soon have another challenge to face
Cruise AVs Get Auto-Close Doors, Don't Worry About Not Slamming Them
5 May 2023, 00:27 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Don't worry about leaving the robotaxi's door ajar if you ride with Cruise. They'll close by themselves! Here's how it's going to work
Waymo Retires Chrysler Pacifica PHEV Fleet, Goes All Electric With Jaguar I-Pace and ZEEKR
31 Mar 2023, 13:04 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Waymo is retiring its fleet of Chrysler Pacific PHEVs and will deploy the all-electric Jaguar I-Pace as the base vehicle for its fifth-generation Waymo Driver
Bill Gates "Test Rides" a Wayve Robotaxi, but With a Human in the Driver's Seat
29 Mar 2023, 20:50 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Known for investing in all sorts of cool things, the American business magnate is now also focusing on driving automation. But not in America
Here's Proof That Riding for the First Time in One of Waymo's AVs Feels Like Magic
6 Mar 2023, 13:19 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Autonomous vehicles (AVs) might be a threat to traditional taxis or ridesharing operators, but for the average customer they are works of art
Waymo AV Shows Why AI Isn't Ready To Take Over, It's Like ChatGPT's Driving
7 Feb 2023, 21:54 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Autonomous vehicles (AVs) might soon take over, right? That’s what some people fear. However, there might still be a long way to go before that
Waymo's Zeekr Electric Robotaxi Needs a Driver for Now, Will Pick You Up Someday
17 Nov 2022, 01:46 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Waymo is working on its next-gen robotaxis, which will be called Zeekr. We have a fresh set of spy shots of the latest prototype of the electric minivan
Watch Skateboarders Vandalize Waymo Self-Driving Car in San Francisco
13 Jul 2022, 10:04 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The annual Dolores Hill Bomb event in San Francisco again ended with a vandalized car, this time a Waymo self-driving vehicle that was operating in manual mode
Waymo Joins GM's Cruise Offering Driverless Services in San Francisco to Limited Employees
31 Mar 2022, 05:31 UTC · By: Humphrey Bwayo / Waymo on Wednesday announced it has started offering free autonomous driving services to limited employees in San Francisco
Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets Drops "Self-Driving" Term Because of Tesla Taint
26 Jan 2022, 15:08 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / In a move that couldn't be more obvious without explicitly blaming Tesla, the coalition that includes Ford, Uber, and Waymo decided to change its name
Waymo and Zeekr Join Forces to Create Purpose-Built Robotaxi
28 Dec 2021, 23:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / While autonomous driving tech is still in development, the car that may make it popular in the American market may come from China
Waymo Answers Some Questions About Hitting a Pedestrian in San Francisco
21 Dec 2021, 15:17 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company is investigating why AEB did not seem to work in that situation. However, Waymo has some hunches about why that was the case
Waymo Hits Pedestrian in San Francisco, Explains Car Was in Manual Mode
17 Dec 2021, 13:35 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / That means that a human was driving the vehicle. It also shows how trust is the most essential part of autonomous driving research
Waymo Starts Mapping Streets of New York City, Attempting to Be the City's First AV
5 Nov 2021, 16:48 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The operating territory that Waymo hopes to master before any other is a stretch of Manhattan spanning from Carnegie Hall in the upper limits of Midtown
Waymo Pokes Tesla on Twitter, Makes Fun of Common Autopilot Mistake
28 Oct 2021, 23:55 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company said it is leveraging its custom-built sensors so that WaymoDriver doesn’t accidentally take the moon for a traffic light…