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Krafcik Says Waymo Tech `Robust Enough’ to Avoid Uber Crash
Waymo Chief Executive Officer John Krafcik said his company’s self-driving software would likely have avoided the pedestrian death in which an Uber autonomous car was involved. “We have a lot of confidence that our technology would be robust and would be able to handle situations like that one,” Krafcik said on Saturday in his first public… Continue reading Krafcik Says Waymo Tech `Robust Enough’ to Avoid Uber Crash
CEO: Waymo dedicated to safe self-driving technology
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Waymo CEO says its tech would have handled Uber self-driving incident safely
LAS VEGAS, March 24 (Reuters) – The head of Alphabet Inc’s autonomous driving unit, Waymo, said on Saturday that the company’s technology would have safely handled the situation confronting an Uber self-driving vehicle last week when it struck a pedestrian, killing her. Waymo CEO John Krafcik told auto dealers at a gathering of the National… Continue reading Waymo CEO says its tech would have handled Uber self-driving incident safely
Uber’s self-driving policies, tech face questions after fatal crash
Just_Super via Getty Images In the wake of a fatal crash where one of Uber’s self-driving SUVs struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona, a New York Times report has dug into the company’s program and found it’s significantly trailing the competition. Specifically, while the former Google project Waymo could have its cars average 5,600… Continue reading Uber’s self-driving policies, tech face questions after fatal crash
All Ford vehicles will have built-in 4G LTE by 2020
Timothy J. Seppala/Engadget Ford’s vision for the future is electric, connectivity and assisted driving. For the Blue Oval company, that means by 2020 its entire lineup will have 4G LTE connectivity and Waze navigation built in at a system level. The former means that all aspects of a vehicle can be updated over the air… Continue reading All Ford vehicles will have built-in 4G LTE by 2020
UPDATE 1-GM to invest $100 million to upgrade facilities to build self-driving cars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) said on Thursday it will invest more than $100 million in two facilities as it prepares to build production versions of its Cruise self-driving car next year at its Orion Township assembly plant in Michigan. A self-driving GM Bolt EV is seen during a media event where Cruise,… Continue reading UPDATE 1-GM to invest $100 million to upgrade facilities to build self-driving cars
Finnish autonomous car goes for a leisurely cruise in the driving snow
It’s one thing for an autonomous car to strut its stuff on a smooth, warm California tarmac, and quite another to do so on the frozen winter mix of northern Finland. Martti, a self-driving vehicle system homegrown in Finland, demonstrated just this in a record-setting drive along a treacherous (to normal drivers) Laplandish road. Martti… Continue reading Finnish autonomous car goes for a leisurely cruise in the driving snow
Alphabet’s Waymo Takes on Freight in Atlanta Driverless Semis
Look out, truckers. Waymo, the self-driving vehicle unit of Alphabet Inc., is taking its driverless truck tests to Atlanta, and this time they’ll be carrying cargo. Waymo will start testing a fleet of autonomous freight trucks in Georgia’s capital next week that will take deliveries to Google’s data centers. The company has already been conducting road… Continue reading Alphabet’s Waymo Takes on Freight in Atlanta Driverless Semis
Waymo’s self-driving trucks to haul cargo for Google in Atlanta
March 9 (Reuters) – Waymo, the autonomous vehicle arm of Alphabet Inc, said on Friday it would launch a self-driving trucks pilot in Atlanta to carry cargo for Google’s data centers. 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… Continue reading Waymo’s self-driving trucks to haul cargo for Google in Atlanta