Besides running a public ride service, Waymo is partnering with car makers and working on self-driving trucks to monetize its autonomous technology. The latter effort is getting a boost with the hiring of just over a dozen former Anki engineers.
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Waymo partners with Renault, Nissan to bring self-driving cars around the world
Waymo has largely been testing and operating self-driving cars in the United States. The Alphabet division today announced a partnership with Renault and Nissan to bring autonomous vehicles to France, Japan, and other parts of the world.
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Waymo resumes testing self-driving trucks in Phoenix, Arizona
Waymo’s autonomous technology can be adapted to other vehicles, with the Alphabet company last year detailing work on self-driving trucks. These larger AVs are now returning to Phoenix, Arizona for additional testing.
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Waymo self-driving cars coming to Lyft’s network in Phoenix
With Waymo One last year, the Alphabet division finally began monetizing its decade-long work in autonomous vehicles. Another revenue source for Waymo is making its self-driving cars available on other ride-sharing networks. The company is now partner…
Google Maps now shows real-time availability of nearby EV charging stations in US, UK
Google Maps is now able to show you the real-time availability of nearby EV charging stations when you use the map search feature. more…
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Arizona residents unhappy with Waymo slashing tires and derailing self-driving cars
The advent of any new technology is accompanied with complaints, as seen with Wing’s delivery drones, but in the case of self-driving cars there have been more radical expressions of discontent. As Waymo tests and operates vehicles in Phoenix, some Ar…
X graduates Malta as non-Alphabet company working on cheap salt-based energy storage
For the past several years, Alphabet’s X has been working on Project Malta to create a new approach for grid-scale energy storage based on salt. Malta is now ready to graduate from the Moonshot Factory as an independent, non-Alphabet company.
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Waymo One is Alphabet’s public self-driving car service, culminates nearly decade-long project
Nine years since the Google Self-Driving Car Project began and over 10 million autonomous miles later, the company today announced the launch of Waymo One. The Alphabet division is launching the first public self-driving service in Phoenix, Arizona an…
Waymo can now test driverless cars in California, planing ‘opportunities’ for the public
Earlier this month, Waymo announced that its autonomous vehicles have driven 10 million miles since 2009 across 25 cities in the United States. Now, California has just authorized the Alphabet division to begin driverless testing on public roads.
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Google Maps adds detailed charging station listings for Tesla, other electric cars
Following recent updates focused on upgrading Commutes, Google Maps is now working to improve the experience of finding charging stations for electric vehicles. Optimized search and listings surface more detailed information like ports availability, a…
