Tag: waymo

Chinese startup Pony.ai can now test driverless vehicles in three California cities

AutomotiveMay 21, 2021

Chinese robotaxi startup Pony.ai has been given permission by California regulators to pilot its autonomous vehicles without a human safety driver behind the...

California regulator adopts EV mandate for Uber, Lyft ride-hail fleets

Big DataMay 20, 2021

By Tina Bellon NEW YORK (Reuters) -California's clean air regulator on Thursday adopted rules to mandate that nearly all trips on Uber's and...

What has four wheels and loses money?

StartupsMay 19, 2021

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we...

For companies that use ML, labeled data is the key differentiator

AIMay 18, 2021

Sylvain Kalache Contributor Sylvain Kalache is the co-founder of Holberton, an edtech company training digital talent in...

Waymo self-driving robotaxi goes rogue with passenger inside, escapes support staff

AIMay 17, 2021

Video A Waymo self-driving car got stuck several times, held up traffic intermittently, and departed unexpectedly when assistance arrived. The wayward autonomous vehicle...

Waymo Self-Driving Taxi Goes Rogue, Blocking Traffic & Evading Capture

CleantechMay 13, 2021

YouTuber JJRicks Studios has shared a video of a Waymo self-driving taxi that woke up and chose chaos. The vehicle blocked traffic and...

Alphabet Waymo self-driving unit CFO following CEO out the door

Big DataMay 12, 2021

(Reuters) - The chief financial officer of Alphabet Inc's self-driving unit Waymo is following its chief executive out the door, the company said...

Waymo to lose its CFO and head of automotive partnerships

AutomotiveMay 12, 2021

Waymo’s chief financial officer Ger Dwyer and its head of automotive partnerships and corporate development Adam Frost — two longtime executives at the...

Exclusive – Waymo, Cruise seek permits to charge for self-driving car rides in San Francisco

Big DataMay 11, 2021

By Hyunjoo Jin and Paresh Dave BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc’s Waymo and rival Cruise have applied for permits needed to start...

Tesla refutes Elon Musk’s timeline on ‘full self-driving’

AutomotiveMay 7, 2021

What Tesla CEO Elon Musk says publicly about the company’s progress on a fully autonomous driving system doesn’t match up with “engineering reality,”...