Tag: Waymo/Google

Cannon-Brookes says Zoox “robot” cars will be on the road within two years – The Driven

Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes says he expects to see autonomous “robot cars” on the road within two years, in what he says will be a massive change in road transportation. Cannon-Brookes, through his private investment company Grok Ventures, (which has also backed the project to build the world’s biggest solar farm and battery in… Continue reading Cannon-Brookes says Zoox “robot” cars will be on the road within two years – The Driven

CEO of GM’s Cruise driverless vehicle unit hints at offering low-cost shared rides

(Reuters) – The chief executive of autonomous vehicle company Cruise signaled on Wednesday the General Motors Co (GM.N) subsidiary intends to offer shared rides “at a radically lower cost” as part of a bid to move eventually “beyond the car.” FILE PHOTO: A Cruise self-driving car, which is owned by General Motors Corp, is seen… Continue reading CEO of GM’s Cruise driverless vehicle unit hints at offering low-cost shared rides

Daimler and Bosch take a mixed mobility approach to autonomous vehicles

A fleet of Mercedes-Benz S Class vehicles are now plying the roads of San Jose, California as part of a robotaxi pilot project that Daimler and Bosch have been developing for two and a half years, but the launch itself could be chalked up as a mere blip on the autonomous vehicle scene. At last… Continue reading Daimler and Bosch take a mixed mobility approach to autonomous vehicles

Argo takes different road to skirt self-driving challenges

PITTSBURGH/DETROIT (Reuters) – Sky’s the limit optimism about self-driving cars is giving way to tougher questions about how expensive automotive artificial intelligence will ever make a profit. FILE PHOTO: An Argo Ai self driving prototype vehicle is seen outside a Ford and Volkswagen joint news conference in New York City, New York, U.S., July 12,… Continue reading Argo takes different road to skirt self-driving challenges

Self-driving car firms rooted in U.S. government competition

Dec 11 (Reuters) – Bryan Salesky had little way of knowing in 2007 that his teammates and rivals in a U.S. Defense Department-sponsored competition were laying the foundations for future self-driving businesses now valued at billions of dollars. Twelve years later, even some of his former Carnegie Mellon University teammates have become business competitors of… Continue reading Self-driving car firms rooted in U.S. government competition

Walmart partners with self-driving startup Nuro to test autonomous grocery delivery in Houston

Walmart this morning announced a new pilot program that will test autonomous grocery delivery in the Houston market starting next year. The retailer is partnering with autonomous vehicle company Nuro, a robotics company that uses driverless technology to deliver goods to customers. Nuro’s vehicles in this case will delivery Walmart online grocery orders to a… Continue reading Walmart partners with self-driving startup Nuro to test autonomous grocery delivery in Houston

Waymo Is Taking the Safety Drivers out of Its Autonomous Taxis

No Hands! Waymo, the Google-affiliated self-driving car company, has finally started to operate its self-driving taxi service without any humans sitting behind the wheel. That means passengers using the company’s Uber-like Waymo One service might find themselves shuttled around Arizona in the back seat of an otherwise-empty minivan, as one reporter for The Verge did. Removing… Continue reading Waymo Is Taking the Safety Drivers out of Its Autonomous Taxis

Waymo’s driverless car: ghost-riding in the back seat of a robot taxi – The Verge

I’m in the middle seat of a Chrysler Pacifica minivan, heading north on Dobson Road in Chandler, Arizona, when I notice we may have taken a wrong turn. Under normal circumstances, I would just lean forward and ask the driver for an explanation. But in this case, that’s not possible. There is, after all, no… Continue reading Waymo’s driverless car: ghost-riding in the back seat of a robot taxi – The Verge

The Chinese startup bringing robotaxis to the masses

Dec 6, 2019 3 min read People lining up to test out a WeRide robotaxi in Guangzhou Science City on Nov. 28, 2019. (Image credit: WeRide) One year since Google-backed Waymo started picking up passengers for its autonomous ride-hailing service in Phoenix, Chinese startup WeRide has bet big on driverless mobility with its own driverless… Continue reading The Chinese startup bringing robotaxis to the masses