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Paving the way toward a fully electric ride-hailing fleet

With this fleet update, we are also proud to join the White House EV Acceleration Challenge to support the administration’s efforts in this historic transition to electric vehicles. For many, hailing a fully autonomous ride with Waymo may be the easiest way to access an EV. Our growing ride-hailing service not only increases sustainable transportation… Continue reading Paving the way toward a fully electric ride-hailing fleet

LiDAR for Automotive Market Size is estimated to grow by USD 4.60 billion from 2023 to 2029, propelling Growth Due to Rising Research & Development for autonomous vehicles

The use of LiDAR technology in automobiles has given rise to a slew of newer applications and areas that would benefit from LiDAR technology. Aside from ADAS applications in automobiles, LiDAR can be used in robo taxis for ride sharing, shuttle services, on-demand car services, and mobility-on-demand (MOD) fleets PUNE, India, March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/… Continue reading LiDAR for Automotive Market Size is estimated to grow by USD 4.60 billion from 2023 to 2029, propelling Growth Due to Rising Research & Development for autonomous vehicles

Foothill Gold Line Light Rail Project Completes All Grade Crossing Reconstruction Work Requiring Long Term Street Closures – A Major Milestone

Overall Construction of Glendora to Pomona Project is Now 68% Complete MONROVIA, Calif., March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority (Construction Authority) announced that all grade crossing reconstruction work requiring long-term street closures for the project’s 21 at-grade (street level) crossings from Glendora to Pomona has now been completed. Today’s… Continue reading Foothill Gold Line Light Rail Project Completes All Grade Crossing Reconstruction Work Requiring Long Term Street Closures – A Major Milestone

LiDAR for Automotive Market Size is estimated to grow by USD 4.60 billion from 2023 to 2029, propelling Growth Due to Rising Research & Development for autonomous vehicles

Ford lifts the hood on its EV business, Turo updates its IPO filing and Waymo releases a safety case for AVs

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the full edition of the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point… Continue reading Ford lifts the hood on its EV business, Turo updates its IPO filing and Waymo releases a safety case for AVs

A Blueprint for AV Safety: Waymo’s Toolkit For Building a Credible Safety Case

For many years, Waymo has relied on an established safety framework — a comprehensive set of methodologies that we use to assess the safety of our technology and operations and that guides the deployment of the Waymo Driver. Our robust safety framework has enabled us to launch the world’s first fully autonomous ride-hail service, Waymo… Continue reading A Blueprint for AV Safety: Waymo’s Toolkit For Building a Credible Safety Case

Waymo wants to build trust in autonomous driving

As technology advances, confidence in autonomous driving hasn’t grown as quickly. Waymo now wants to make a breach. Waymo has created a security framework. Methods for assessing technical safety and guidance for the Waymo Driver – autonomous driving. Using the approach could Waymo establish themselves in several cities. But that Trust in the technology is… Continue reading Waymo wants to build trust in autonomous driving

Hivemapper is 1M kilometers closer to goal of beating Google Maps

Hivemapper, the startup that puts dashcams on ride-hail and delivery vehicles to map the world, is getting a little closer to its goal of toppling the B2B mapping empire that Google has built. With only 2% of the world’s roads mapped, Hivemapper is still very much the underdog in this fight. But Gabe Nelson, Hivemapper’s… Continue reading Hivemapper is 1M kilometers closer to goal of beating Google Maps

Cruise robotaxis blocked a road in San Francisco after a storm downed trees and wires

General Motors‘ self-driving vehicle unit Cruise acknowledged that some of its cars stalled out on city streets in San Francisco following rainstorms that downed trees there on Tuesday night. A witness to the Cruise robotaxi failures, John-Phillip Bettencourt, shared photos of the stalled vehicles on Twitter. He told CNBC that around 1:45 p.m. on March… Continue reading Cruise robotaxis blocked a road in San Francisco after a storm downed trees and wires