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GM Kills Cruise Robotaxi Business, After Funding Is Pulled

General Motors kills Cruise robotaxi ambitions, after halting funding for the loss-making autonomous vehicle unit

2 weeks ago

Waymo To Expand Ride-Hailing Service To Miami

Another major city in the United States is to receive Alphabet's Waymo ride-hailing service, with Miami the next stop

2 weeks ago

Waymo Opens Ride-Hailing Services In Los Angeles

End of road for taxi drivers? More people seeking transportation in Los Angeles can now summon a driverless Waymo robotaxi

1 month ago

Uber To Offer Waymo Robotaxi Rides In Austin, Atlanta

Uber expands deal with Waymo from Phoenix to Austin, Texas and Atlanta as it faces pressure from imminent Tesla robotaxi…

3 months ago

GM’s Cruise To Offer Robotaxis On Uber Platform

GM's Cruise will offer its autonomous robotaxi vehicles on Uber’s platform in 2025, as competition with Waymo heats up

4 months ago

Waymo Doubles Weekly Paid Robotaxi Trips Since May

Waymo is providing 100,000 paid robotaxi rides per week, as it expanded its Waymo One service in two US cities

4 months ago

California Permits Passenger Testing For Chinese Robotaxi Firm WeRide

More self-driving competition. Approval granted for WeRide to begin robotaxi testing with passengers in California

4 months ago

Waymo Expands Ride-Hailing Service, Amid Growing Demand

Alphabet's Waymo will expand its autonomous ride-hailing service areas in both Los Angeles and San Francisco

5 months ago

Alphabet To Invest $5 Billion In Waymo Self-Driving Unit

Senior management at Alphabet confirm substantial additional investment in the Waymo self-driving division

5 months ago

Waymo Opens Autonomous Ride Hailing Taxi To All San Fran Residents

Alphabet's Waymo unit opens its autonomous ride-hailing service to all residents of San Francisco, after similar move in Phoenix in…

6 months ago

Amazon’s Zoox Begins Testing In Austin, Miami

Zoox robotaxi unit of Amazon begins testing in Austin, Miami, amid regulatory investigations into self-driving sector

7 months ago

US Probe Of Waymo Uncovers More Incidents – Report

NHTSA says its investigation of Waymo self-driving vehicles has uncovered more incidents that raise concerns

7 months ago

US Investigates Alphabet’s Waymo After Self-Driving Incidents

'Unexpected behaviour' of Waymo's self-driving vehicles triggers investigation by American safety regulators

7 months ago

Waymo Begins Los Angeles Ride-Hailing Service With Free Rides

Alphabet's Waymo division to offer free rides in Los Angeles, as it confirms expansion into four major cities later this…

9 months ago

Waymo Recalls Hundreds Of Vehicles Over Software Error

Self-driving Waymo vehicles recalled, after two minor collisions in Phoenix, and one vehicle being set on fire in San Fran

10 months ago

GM’s Cruise Dismisses Nine Executives, Faces Fine

Nine executives dismissed at Cruise, amid reports it faces $1.5m penalty for allegedly misleading regulators after accident

1 year ago

GM’s Cruise To Withdraw All Vehicles From Public Roads

Confirmation from Cruise that all its autonomous cars have now been withdrawn from all public roads in the United States

1 year ago

GM’s Cruise To Recall 950 Cars As Pedestrian Dragged After Accident

General Motors' self-driving division Cruise is recalling hundreds of vehicles after a highly publicised accident resulted in a critical injured…

1 year ago

Cruise Confirms Taxi Service Suspension In San Francisco

California Department of Motor Vehicles immediately suspends Cruise’s autonomous vehicles permits, after pedestrian is critically injured

1 year ago

San Francisco Grants Self-Driving Taxi Permits For Waymo, Cruise

Blow for Uber, Lyft. Self-driving players Waymo and Cruise can now take paying passengers 24x7 in San Francisco

1 year ago

Waymo Cuts 8 Percent Of Staff

Alphabet's self-driving car division admits it has cut approximately 8 percent of workforce in two rounds of layoffs this year

2 years ago

Waymo Gains CPUC Approval For San Francisco Taxi Service

California regulators approve Waymo for San Francisco robo taxi service, as a new self-driving car is unveiled with no steering…

2 years ago

Waymo To Launch Self-Driving Service In LA

Los Angeles is set to become the next US city for the ride-hailing service Waymo One, after Phoenix and San…

2 years ago

GM’s Cruise Granted San Francisco Permit For Self-Driving Taxis

Final permit granted to GM's Cruise autonomous vehicle unit, so it can offer its robotaxi service to paying customers in…

3 years ago

Waymo Expands Phoenix Driverless Service, Offers San Fran Staff Rides

Waymo staff in San Francisco now offered driverless rides, as the firm also expand its autonomous rides to downtown Phoenix

3 years ago

CES 2022: Google, GM Join Others In Halting Physical Attendance

Alphabet's Google and General Motors latest to announce it will no longer attend next month's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in…

3 years ago

Waymo, Nuro Launch Robo-Delivery Services In California

Cruise starts robo-delivery service in Mountain View as Waymo plans limited trial of grocery-delivery service in San Francisco early next…

3 years ago

Waymo Vehicles Clog Quiet San Francisco Street

Self-driving test vehicles from Google sister company Waymo jam otherwise quiet San Francisco cul-de-sac after encountering unexpected traffic rules

3 years ago