Tag: Waymo

June 10, 2021

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has partnered with autonomous vehicle developer Waymo to move freight with self-driving trucks in Texas. Through this limited pilot program, Waymo’s autonomous trucking unit, Waymo Via, will transport loads along Interstate 45 between facilities in Houston […]

March 25, 2021

Autonomous vehicle developer Waymo offered a look inside the day-to-day testing of its self-driving trucks on public roads through a virtual ride-along event for members of the press. During the March 24 live demonstration, a Class 8 tractor outfitted with […]

July 8, 2019

The Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) subsidiary is testing complimentary Wi-Fi in its robotaxis in greater Phoenix, where hundreds of the company’s identical, driverless minivans have been carrying paying riders since December. In late April, Waymo launched ad-free music streaming for passengers […]

April 23, 2019

The company’s chief executive, John Krafcik, said in a blog post that Waymo would partner with American Axle & Manufacturing to lease and repurpose an existing Detroit facility that will be operational by mid-2019. Waymo said in January it had […]

January 22, 2019

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Waymo unit said on Tuesday in a blog post that it received an $8 million grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation that would be used to expand its operations in Michigan and boost the production […]

April 2, 2018

Waymo,the self-driving car company started by Google, did nothing after an autonomous vehicle run by Uber killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Ariz. It didn’t pull back on tests in the nearby suburb of Chandler, where passengers are already taking rides […]

March 27, 2018

Waymo says it plans to deploy up to 20,000 electric Jaguar SUVs in its planned self-driving taxi service starting in 2020, a confident step forward even as questions swirl about the future of autonomous cars in the wake of a […]

March 9, 2018

The announcement comes two days after rival Uber Technologies said its self-driving trucks will haul cargo on Arizona highways. Waymo had been road testing its self-driving trucks in California and Arizona over the last year, since making it public in […]

November 13, 2017

The Ford Expedition—a full-size SUV if there ever was one—has been on the scene since model year 1997. What is sort of unusual to think about is that its arrival marked the departure of the Ford Bronco, which certainly was […]

August 29, 2017

For months now, Tesla Motors has grabbed headline after headline for its autonomous car technology. Guess that’s what happens when a company actually delivers early batches of a wildly anticipated model that will incorporate more autonomy than ever. Uber, too, […]

June 2, 2017

Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) self-driving car unit Waymo is working on developing self-driving trucks, the company said on Thursday. Waymo, which is looking to expand its self-driving car efforts, expects autonomous vehicles to be able to take over longer distance trucking […]