Waymo is coming to the Rose City! Portland has always been a pioneer in urban design, balancing its independent spirit with a deep commitment to sustainable, forward-thinking living. This unique blend of innovation and community makes it the perfect place for Waymo’s next chapter. We are actively working with state … [continued]
Hyundai opened up to us this week about its partnership with Waymo to produce a robotaxi based on the IONIQ 5 with Waymo that could see Waymo purchasing 50,000 of the EVs over the next few years. Initially, they stated that they would be building the first robotaxi to be … [continued]
Waymo’s biggest argument for why it should exist and why it needs to grow is that it protects human life. While you can claim Waymo hasn’t logged enough miles to prove anything, it does have nearly 200 million fully autonomous miles under its belt and the stats so far imply … [continued]
A report by David Shepardson for Reuters on the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing into autonomous vehicle safety placed Waymo’s performance record under intense scrutiny. CleanTechnica reported on the industry developments beyond Washington point and how the Alphabet-owned company chose the Philippines as the location for its remote fleet response … [continued]
It’s clear one company entered into 2026 with a big booster in its backpack and pep in its step. Waymo started the year ready to rock and roll, from rapid expansion into new markets, to a new funding round to speed that up further, to a new stage of autonomous … [continued]
Waymo is hitting so many milestones these days that it’s not even highlighting some of them. It keeps entering city after city, scaling up different stages of testing and commercial rides there, and then becoming many residents’ favorite mode of transport in those places. The news today is that Waymo … [continued]
Waymo’s confirmation that some of its autonomous vehicles receive assistance from remote human operators based in the Philippines has intensified a debate in Washington over how autonomous robotaxi systems truly are — and whether offshore human involvement introduces new safety, cybersecurity, and accountability risks. The issue first drew wider public … [continued]
We already knew that Waymo was going to be entering several new markets in 2026. With the company raising $16 billion to expand more rapidly, I also expected we’d see some announcements about such expansions this week. And now we have them. The company has announced that it is now … [continued]
There’s no doubt about it — if you stopped time today, Waymo would be named the robotaxi winner outside of China, or certainly in the West. No other company compares in robotaxi deployment to date. Now, there are companies that think they can catch up, or whose chief aim is … [continued]
A Waymo robotaxi in California hit a child, a 10-year-old girl, this week. That headline is, naturally, going to get people’s blood boiling and fears soaring. But it’s quite important to look at the details before jumping to conclusions. So, the young girl apparently ran into the road after being … [continued]
