The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has asked Waymo for more information about its self-driving system and operations following reports from the Austin School District that its robotaxis illegally passed school buses 19 times this year. In a December 3 letter sent to Waymo, regulators requested detailed information about its fifth-generation self-driving system and operations. … Read more
New York City regulators have extended Waymo’s autonomous vehicle testing permit through the end of the year, the company said Wednesday. The permit was initially granted in August to allow Waymo to test its robotaxis in the city until the end of September. The terms of the extended permit are the same: Waymo can deploy up to eight of its … Read more
When James Cox, the previous chief of Uber’s ride-share product, UberPool, left that firm in 2019, the Silicon Valley big had deserted its autonomous car improvement and offered off the division fully. Whereas UberPool had struggled to take maintain, Cox felt an enormous alternative had been missed: taking the core of UberPool’s tech and making … Read more