The road toward more driverless cars

Tesla is supposed to offer driverless robotaxis next month. As of last month, it reportedly hasn’t tested a single driverless ride.

Before Google’s Waymo launched in Austin, it tested for six months without safety drivers....

The road toward more driverless cars

Waymo operates self-driving taxis in four cities, and is soon expanding to a dozen more, as Tesla and Amazon have had delays with their robo-taxi services. But the Google-owned Waymo must still overcome resistance from the public over stepping into an autonomous vehicle. Correspondent David Pogue reports on how the company is trying to avoid bumps in the road.

Robotaxi company Waymo is scouting Boston - The Boston Globe

At this point, driverless cars are a matter of when and how, not if.

Waymo robotaxis to map Boston

A Waymo robotaxi operating in LA. | Credit: Waymo Waymo is sending a small fleet of robotaxis to map the city of Boston. The cars won’t be driving autonomously. Instead, the vehicles will have trained, human autonomous specialists behind the wheel at all times. The goal of the trip is to explore Boston’s unique – and chaotic – driving environment and understand the differences compared to areas where Waymo routinely operates. The Mountain View, …

Uber CEO says the Waymo robotaxis on its application have exceeded its expectations, the 100 autonomous vehicles are busier than 99% of human drivers, a new IA victoryUber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is enthusiastic about the company's pilot project with Waymo. In his remarks prepared for the first quarter, he said that the launch in Austin had "been exceeding our expectations", noting that the 100 autonomous vehicles were more busy than 99% of the...