Seonglae ChoUber begins offering rides in self-driving Waymo cars
Customers ordering an Uber in Phoenix now have the option to ride in a fully autonomous vehicle.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/26/uber-begins-offering-rides-in-self-driving-waymo-cars.html
Future autonomous Waymo EV will be custom built for ride-hailing with no steering wheel
Waymo One is Alphabet's Lyft/Uber competitor that's live in Phoenix and currently undergoing testing in San Francisco. Waymo today announced a future EV for its US ride-hailing service that will be "rider-first" and have no steering wheel. Waymo today announced an OEM collaboration with Geely, a Chinese automotive company that has several subsidiary brands like Volvo, Lotus, and Smart.
https://9to5google.com/2021/12/28/future-waymo-ev/
Daimler Trucks partners with Waymo to build self-driving semi trucks
Two automotive giants are teaming up to bring self-driving semi-trucks to market. Under this deal, Waymo and Daimler Trucks are partnering to build an autonomous version of the Freightliner Cascadia truck. This is Waymo's first deal in the freight business. The truck would be equipped with Le...
https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/27/daimler-trucks-partners-with-waymo-to-build-self-driving-semi-trucks/
Waymo's robotaxis are basically mobile weather stations now
Autonomous vehicles have difficulty navigating bad weather. Heavy rain, snow, and fog can do a lot to scramble an AV's perception systems, which largely rely on cameras, radar, and lidar to "see" the world around it. Wet roads can create reflections that confuse cameras. Fog can screw up sensor data.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/14/23453478/waymo-av-autonomous-bad-weather-fog-sf-station
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A quick look at Waymo's custom, steering wheel-less robotaxi [Video]
A year after Waymo announced a custom robotaxi for its ride-hailing service, the Alphabet company today previewed the autonomous electric vehicle. The Google Self-Driving Car Project did have the custom "Firefly" that also lacked a steering wheel, but was just for testing.
![A quick look at Waymo's custom, steering wheel-less robotaxi [Video]](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2F9to5google.com%2Ffavicon.ico?table=block&id=f606a74c-4896-4921-bb33-e781252225a4&cache=v2)
https://9to5google.com/2022/11/16/waymo-robotaxi/
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Waymo to begin testing in Tokyo, its first international destination
The Alphabet-owned company has struck deals with major Japan-based robotaxi operators to begin testing in 2025.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/16/waymo-to-begin-testing-in-tokyo-its-first-international-destination-.html
