Waymo is taking its robotaxis out of the U.S. for the first time as the company begins expanding testing internationally. A fleet of its autonomous vehicles will be heading first to the busy ...

In 2021, Waymo and Zeekr announced a partnership. Waymo first showed a concept of the purpose-built robotaxi in late 2022 and began testing prototype versions on public roads in San Francisco last ...

For the autonomous vehicle-obsessed, the Waymo-Zeekr robotaxi is nothing new. In 2021, Waymo and Zeekr announced a partnership. Waymo first showed a concept of the purpose-built robotaxi in late ...

In 1993, science fiction author William Gibson famously said, “The future is already here—it’s just not very evenly distributed.” Gibson’s quote applies perfectly to Waymo’s robotaxis: self-driving ...

China has been making agile policies that allow fast proof of concept, [as well as] failure ... noting that in the US only Alphabet-backed Waymo is capable of operating hundreds of fully ...

Google-backed Waymo moves ahead with expansion plans in a number of US cities in 2025, after a successful 2024 that saw 150,000 robotaxi rides every day. Amazon-backed Zoox is gearing up to expand ...

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Their performance can be evaluated in the same way, argues Brooke Hopkins, a former tech lead at Waymo. Coval, Hopkins' new startup, looks to do just that. "When I left Waymo, I realized a lot of ...

In self-driving cars, he was on Waymo's early team and has advised the top startups (Zoox, Cruise, Starship) as ...