Alphabet’s self-driving car unit Waymo is reportedly cutting more than 130 employees in its second round of layoffs this year—making it the latest U.S. company to reduce its headcount, following major...
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As Doubts Grow Over Self-Driving Vehicles, This Ambitious Upstart Rolls Out Its First Robot Trucks
Self-driving tech startup Waabi has deployed its first robot trucks and intends to commercialize its system faster than bigger, wealthier competitors. Waabi Autonomous driving startup Waabi just deplo...
Why Don’t You Have A Self-Driving Car Yet? This 2-Part Series Explains The Big Remaining Problems
When will you have or ride in a self-driving car? What’s stopping you? Brad Templeton / Cruise People often ask, “Where’s my self-driving car?” “Why don’t I have one and when will it come?” A lo...
Baidu Unveils Custom Robotaxi With Steering Wheel That Will Be Removed
Baidu robotaxi after steering wheel is removed, configured with desk and drink dispenser in front Baidu BaiduBIDU , the Chinese search giant, has revealed a new custom designed robotaxi it states will...
Amazon’s Zoox Says Its Robotaxi Has Met The Highest Crash Safety Standards
Workers at Zoox’s Fremont, California, factory complete the assembly of an electric robotaxi. Alan Ohnsman via Forbes Zoox, the robotaxi startup Amazon bought two years ago, says it is now certi...
Waymo Prepares To Bring Robotaxi Service To Phoenix Airport And More
Waymo vehicles in Phoenix and near the airport Wayno Waymo (fomerly Google GOOG car) CEO Dmitri Dolgov announced today a further expansion of their efforts in Phoenix, on top of the expansions recount...
AI Upstart Waabi Adding Self-Driving Veterans In Race To Commercialize Robot Trucks
The Toronto-based company is expanding to add hardware engineers to integrate sensors, lidar, vision and computing systems into trucks as it shifts to real-world testing. Waabi, an autonomous driving ...
Robotaxi Services Must Go Beyond To Be Car Replacements, And Maybe Even Link Up
Waymo’s planned robotaxi vehicle, body made by Geely/Zeekr Waymo Most self-driving players are aiming to build a robotaxi (and even Tesla recently announced even more effort on that plan, though...
Waymo self-driving experience: Mostly peaceful and productive
PHOENIX — “A ghost is driving the car.” That’s what my 5-year-old daughter said as I FaceTimed her recently from the backseat of a Waymo autonomous vehicle in the suburbs here. Motor...
TuSimple Shares Plunge After Robot Truck Company Spooks Market With CEO Shakeup
TuSimple was the first autonomous driving company to list shares publicly in the U.S. and began testing robot trucks without a human backup driver in late 2021. TuSimple Shares of TuSimple, a San Dieg...
An Epidemic Of Questionable Assertions
Questionable assertions are rapidly multiplying in the self-driving car space. getty Self-driving vehicles require relentless scrutiny. However, some fundamental misunderstandings cause industry obser...