The fast expansion of Waymo’s driverless car service is growing competition for Uber. The companies are also partners. By Eli Tan Reporting from San Francisco In 2020, Uber was at a crossroads ...

New Orleans will soon see Waymo cars on its streets. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images ...

How will self-driving cars handle potholes? Waymo, the autonomous-driving subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, is coming to New Orleans to find out. Officials from the California-based company ...

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As a passenger, the only meaningful decision you can make, aside from sitting in a fully autonomous car, is controlling the music. This scenario is a reality thanks to Waymo, the self-driving taxi, ...

Once the Waymo vehicle arrives, riders will be able to unlock the vehicle and start the trip — all from the Uber app. The company hopes that driverless cars will function more efficiently ...

Waymo is the undisputed leader, being the first company to make a working self-driving car, but Tesla perhaps gets the most press, though currently very far behind. Shashua presented progress on ...

The robotaxi company has partnered with taxi company Nihon Kotsu for service and upkeep of its cars, with taxi drivers slated to drive Waymo's vehicles in a mapping operation. Waymo has not yet ...

For several years, Waymo and Cruise and other companies tested their cars with a professional human “safety driver” supervising the car. The safety driver took over if the car did something scary.