Waymo’s robotaxis head for the highway
Waymo After several years of testing its autonomous vehicles on city streets without a human engineer behind the wheel, Waymo is about to send its fully driverless cars onto freeways …
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GM to cut funding for driverless startup Cruise, report says
It’s not getting any easier for beleaguered autonomous-car startup Cruise after a report on Tuesday suggested its main backer, General Motors (GM), is about to slash funding for the startup. …
Cruise woes continue as key figures quit the robotaxi firm
Cruise co-founder Daniel Kan has quit the beleaguered autonomous-car company, Reuters reported on Monday. His departure as chief product officer comes a day after Cruise co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt …
Waymo takes robotaxis into larger part of San Francisco
Robotaxi leader Waymo is expanding its ridesharing service to a much wider area in San Francisco. The Alphabet-owned company announced the larger service area on Monday in a message on …
Waymo taps the brakes on its autonomous-trucking project
Waymo Six years after launching its autonomous-truck program, Waymo has said it’s decided to focus more on developing its ridesharing ambitions using its self-driving cars and minivans. The California-based, Alphabet-owned …