Tag: Waymo/Google

California gives Waymo the green light to expand robotaxi operations

/ Waymo is now allowed to drive on highways in Los Angeles and the Bay Area. By Wes Davis, a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. Share this story Photo by Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times… Continue reading California gives Waymo the green light to expand robotaxi operations

Waymo Will Bring Autonomous Taxis to Los Angeles—Its Biggest Challenge Yet

Paid autonomous vehicle service is coming to Los Angeles, thanks to a decision by California regulators today to allow Alphabet subsidiary Waymo to operate in the city. Under the new ruling, Waymo is also permitted to launch service in a large section of the San Francisco Peninsula. The decision by the California Public Utilities Commission… Continue reading Waymo Will Bring Autonomous Taxis to Los Angeles—Its Biggest Challenge Yet

Waymo can now charge for robotaxi rides in LA and on San Francisco freeways

Waymo received approval Friday afternoon from the California Public Utilities Commission to operate a commercial robotaxi service in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Peninsula and on San Francisco freeways. The approval removes the last barrier for the Alphabet company to charge for rides in these expanded areas. Importantly, it opens up new territory for Waymo… Continue reading Waymo can now charge for robotaxi rides in LA and on San Francisco freeways

Cleantechnica: Tesla Is Way Behind Waymo — Reader Comment 003262

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! We get a lot of great comments here on CleanTechnica. From time to time I think, “that’s a great full article!” I’m planning to start publishing these when I spot them. To kick this off, below was most of… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Tesla Is Way Behind Waymo — Reader Comment 003262

Behind Apple’s Doomed Car Project: False Starts and Wrong Turns

For the last decade, many Apple employees working on the company’s secretive car project, internally code-named Titan, had a less flattering name for it: the Titanic disaster. They knew the project was likely to fail. Throughout its existence, the car effort was scrapped and rebooted several times, shedding hundreds of workers along the way. As… Continue reading Behind Apple’s Doomed Car Project: False Starts and Wrong Turns

Investors get more reasons to like Apple as company abandons EV plans and CEO updates AI ambitions

Apple offered investors more reasons to like its stock after the company reportedly canceled its decadelong electric, self-driving car project and CEO Tim Cook talked up the iPhone maker’s artificial intelligence vision. The tech giant announced the end to its autonomous EV pursuits internally Tuesday, Bloomberg News reported , citing people with knowledge of the… Continue reading Investors get more reasons to like Apple as company abandons EV plans and CEO updates AI ambitions

Out for the Apple Car

Apple has abandoned its secret, long-standing plan to build an autonomous electric car and laid off some employees. The decision to end the project comes at a time when major automakers are rethinking their investments in electric vehicles, China’s automakers are expanding and there is increasing demand examination autonomous vehicle projects are coming up. Apple… Continue reading Out for the Apple Car

German Manager Magazine: Apple: iPhone company abandons electric car plans – no attack on Tesla, BYD and Co.003134

Is the dream of Apple-Car dreamed up? For years, new reports and speculations kept the car industry and fans of the iPhone company on tenterhooks. Now Apple is said to have pulled the plug on the electric vehicle project. There has been a lot of back and forth over the years: Apple has shown prototypes… Continue reading German Manager Magazine: Apple: iPhone company abandons electric car plans – no attack on Tesla, BYD and Co.003134

Apple cancels its autonomous electric car project and is laying off some workers

Apple is scuttling its secretive, long-running effort to build an autonomous electric car, executives announced in a short meeting with the team Tuesday morning. The company is likely cutting hundreds of employees from the team and all work on the project has stopped, TechCrunch has learned. Some remaining employees will be shifted to Apple’s generative… Continue reading Apple cancels its autonomous electric car project and is laying off some workers