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Waymo and Toyota explore personally owned self-driving cars
- On April 30, 2025, Toyota announced a partnership with Waymo to jointly create technology enabling autonomous driving capabilities for Toyota's privately owned cars.
- This partnership builds on Waymo’s advanced self-driving technology and Toyota’s manufacturing experience amid recent relaxed autonomous vehicle regulations.
- Waymo operates a commercial robotaxi service in multiple U.S. cities, providing over 250,000 paid weekly trips and using a sophisticated sensor suite called the Waymo Driver.
- Hiroki Nakajima, Toyota EVP, expressed that Toyota and Waymo are aligned in their commitment to advancing automated driving technology and are eager to integrate Waymo’s self-driving systems into Toyota’s vehicles and ride-hailing services.
- The collaboration may accelerate the introduction of self-driving personally owned vehicles, increasing competition in autonomy and complementing Waymo’s ride-hailing expansion.
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SELF-DRIVING CARS could hit the West Valley’s small, suburban streets as one company tries to expand its footprint outside big cities.Waymo submitted a letter to the California Public Utilities Commission last month seeking approval for its updated passenger safety plan — a move that could bring self-driving cars to Los Gatos, Cupertino and Campbell. The California Department of Motor Vehicles approved permits March 17, allowing the tech startup…
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