A view of the Waymo depot in San Francisco on February 29th, 2024 at around 12pm PST. This article was … More
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Waymo Licensed to Massively Expand Robotaxi Service in California
Just six weeks ago, Waymo applied to expand its commercial driverless robotaxi service Waymo One beyond San Francisco and south … More
Incident Rates of Autonomous Vehicles in San Francisco
According to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle, incidents involving autonomous cars in San Francisco have dropped noticeably. The … More
Waymo Vandalized and Lit on Fire in Chinatown
There have already been several attacks on robotaxis (here and here), but this time there was a particularly brutal incident. … More
San Francisco Fire Department uses Waymo as a Role Model for Handling Emergency Vehicles in Instructional Video
A video published yesterday on Twitter by the Californian city’s emergency services shows just how quickly the shift from criticism … More
US Driver Unions Protest Self-Driving Cars
In the course of an application to expand the service area for its robotaxis, Waymo is now encountering resistance from … More
How to Recognize That In San Francisco We Are Living in the Future
I always tell my San Francisco visitors when we sit in a driverless Waymo and drive through the city: Welcome … More
New Sensor Rack Spotted on Waymo
In Buffalo in the US state of New York, the engineering team spotted a Waymo with a new sensor rack … More
Disruptive Robotaxis: San Francisco Sues Californian Regulator
San Francisco’s administration has long had reservations about autonomous cars testing in the city and operating commercial robotaxi services. However, … More
Waymo Applies for Deployment License for the Bay Area
Shortly after Waymo’s application to the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) to begin commercial operations of a driverless robotaxi service … More
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