move continues the consolidation in self-driving technology, as the process of creating safe, secure autonomous vehicles continues to cost more and take longer than prognosticators once believed. amazon shakes up the race for self-driving—and ride-hailing does amazon want to run a robotaxi ...
After successfully offering rides to passengers for the past couple of years in Phoenix, Arizona, Waymo has now expanded its Waymo One self-driving taxi service to the busy streets of San Francisco, California. The San Francisco service started on Tuesday and is still in a trial phase, as t...
For its part, Waymo already has a head start in Phoenix. It has used the city as a test bed for a truly self-driving taxi service–no humans just in case–that has 1,500 regular customers. UPS should also be a useful ally in the regulatory arena. Drone startup Matternet might sti...
Initially launching its self-driving taxi service in San Francisco, where Chevrolet Bolt EVs offer rides without human safety drivers for a fee, Cruise utilizes a fleet of 30 Bolts to transport passengers within specific city areas. Currently manufactured at the Orion Assembly plant in Orion ...
Google-owned Waymo on Tuesday said it will put its self-driving car technology to work for Uber in a partnership between the one-time rivals.
“Cruise is resuming manual driving to create maps and gather road information in select cities, starting in Phoenix,” Cruise said in the release. “This work is done using human-driven vehicles without autonomous systems engaged, and is a critical step for validating our self-driving systems ...
Self-driving cars are being tested by major companies like Tesla, Ford, Volvo and Google. In Las Vegas and Phoenix self-driving vehicles are being tested right along side every day drivers. Whether you agree with it or not self driving cars will be on the road. These vehicles will drastica...
The company that started off as Google's self-driving car project is now putting passengers in truly driverless cars in Phoenix—and will soon launch a commercial service.
Self-driving vehicle startup Zoox has launched its autonomous cab service in San Francisco, California, and expanded its operation in Las Vegas, Nevada, the company announced on Tuesday. “This marks our entrance with the robotaxi into our second commercial market,” Zoox CEO, Aicha Evans, said...
Self-driving cars could have a substantial impact on the taxi and limousine industries and could potentially create new ones. Chase noted that they could be used to share specific trips, as a kind of pay-as-you-go, small-scale public transportation—for example, taking a disparate bunch of ...