The New York Times17d
Waymo Raises $5.6 Billion From Outside Investors
By Eli Tan Reporting from San Francisco Amid its push to grow its fleet of autonomous robot taxis and expand into new cities, Waymo has raised $5.6 billion from outside investors, its largest ...
Forbes14d
Waymo Builds A Vision Based End-To-End Driving Model, Like Tesla/Wayve
Waymo’s self-driving robotaxis currently drive with an array of sensors and an array of AI tools (including lots of machine learning and an Large Language Model (LLM) known as the Waymo ...
The Verge14d
Waymo explores using Google’s Gemini to train its robotaxis
Waymo has long touted its ties to Google’s DeepMind and its decades of AI research as a strategic advantage over its rivals in the autonomous driving space. Now, the Alphabet-owned company is ...
TechCrunch1mon
The woman who filmed Waymo’s honking robotaxis got an apology promo — then spent all day using it
Sophia Tung set up a livestream this past summer, showing self-driving Waymo cars honking from the San Francisco parking lot near her apartment at all hours of the night. As a kind of apology for ...
Benzinga.com28d
Waymo Co-founder Says Tesla Has An Advantage In Race To Autonomous Driving: 'I'd Rather Be In Tesla's Shoes Than In Waymo's Shoes'
Alphabet Inc. GOOG GOOGL subsidiary Waymo’s co-founder Anthony Levandowski is more optimistic about Tesla Inc.’s TSLA self-driving vision over Waymo’s given the EV giant’s wealth of data.
Waymo to add Hyundai EVs to robotaxi fleet under new multiyear deal
Hyundai Motor and Waymo have agreed to a multiyear, strategic partnership that includes the self-driving company adding the ...
Barron's20d
Waymo Ramps Up Robotaxi Push With $5.6 Bn In Funding
Waymo on Friday said it raised $5.6 billion from investors to expand a robotaxi program now operating in Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Francisco. The investment round was led by Google-parent ...
Forbes9d
Want To Hail An Autonomous Vehicle? Pay More To Get There Slower
A price comparison between Waymo and rideshare services, shows Waymo is more expensive and takes over twice as long to arrive Waymo just filled their coffers in a fresh round of funding ...
Seeking Alpha29d
Google: Waymo Is Too Small To Move The Needle
While it has been a long road, Waymo has a viable solution that is now being commercially scaled. Waymo is the clear market leader and is positioned to begin contributing to Google's bottom line ...
Autoblog1mon
Hyundai and Waymo’s new partnership could bring autonomous driving to your driveway
Hyundai Motor Company and Waymo have announced a multi-year strategic partnership aimed at transforming autonomous driving. While the initial focus is on integrating Waymo’s sixth-generation ...
Carscoops1mon
Waymo Chooses The Hyundai Ioniq 5 For New RoboTaxi
Waymo and Hyundai have announced a strategic partnership, which will see the autonomous ride-hailing company adopt the Ioniq 5. The US-built EV will be equipped with Waymo’s sixth-generation ...