#Waymo

Waymo has introduced a new autonomous vehicle called the Ojai, with low steps, flat floors, elevator-style doors, and screen-reader-friendly controls aimed at easier entry and broader accessibility.

Waymo has started offering select riders trips in its new Ojai robotaxi, putting its sixth-generation Driver hardware into service across three major US markets.

After pivoting from delivery robots to robotaxis, Nuro says being later to market may help it refine its system by studying both Waymo's successes and its mistakes.

Waymo has reportedly suspended service in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio as it works on a flooding problem that left at least one vehicle entering high water.

Waymo has suspended service in Atlanta, San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston as it tries to address failures that have sent robotaxis toward flooded streets despite a recent software recall.

Waymo has suspended freeway rides in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Miami while it updates software tied to construction-zone performance.

Waymo has paused service in Atlanta after a robotaxi entered a flooded street and became stranded, extending a weather-related problem that had already forced a suspension in San Antonio.

Waymo says its autonomous ride-hailing network will span more than 1,400 square miles across 11 U.S. cities in the coming weeks, a scale-up timed to major World Cup host markets but pitched as a lasting expansion for day

Electrek’s candidate metadata and excerpt indicate Uber is criticizing partner Waymo while investing more than $10 billion into robotaxi alternatives tied to Rivian, Lucid and Nuro.

First responders in major Waymo cities say interactions with robotaxis around ambulances, outages, and emergency scenes are getting worse again, raising pressure for faster fixes and firmer oversight.

Waymo and Waze are launching a pilot that uses autonomous-vehicle sensing and user reports to help cities identify potholes faster in five U.S. metro areas.

A Senate investigation has drawn new attention to the remote human workers used by autonomous-vehicle companies, raising questions about latency, oversight, offshore staffing, and how ‘driverless’ these systems really

Waymo says it is now providing 500,000 paid robotaxi rides a week, but incidents involving stranded vehicles are sharpening questions about who should handle failures in active streets and emergencies.

Autonomous ride services backed by companies including Waymo, Mercedes, Volkswagen and Verne are set to launch in European cities this year, even as consumer acceptance and costs remain unresolved.

Austin officials say Waymo vehicles repeatedly passed stopped school buses despite a recall and a special data-collection effort, raising doubts about how quickly autonomous fleets can learn from mistakes.

A Waymo self-driving taxi illegally passed a stopped school bus in Austin after a remote operator error, triggering a federal investigation.

Waymo has launched fully driverless robotaxi service in Nashville, marking another major expansion for the Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company.