Waymo, Atlanta and robotaxi
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Waymo has had a rough stretch of public incidents recently. Atlanta residents are among the latest to document something going wrong with the driverless taxis.
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Waymo's autonomous taxis remain strangely drawn to floodwater
Somewhere inside the neural net is apparently a very determined salmon. Waymo has reportedly suspended robotaxi operations in yet another city after one of its autonomous vehicles drove directly into floodwater and got stuck,
Residents say they saw roughly 50 driverless Waymo cars come through the neighborhood with no passengers and no apparent reason for being there. Video captures the chaos when a common traffic street sign was put out to try to keep the cars away.
The California-based company said Friday only that it has met with officials in Toronto to explain its technology and advocate for a legal framework suitable for its autonomous ride-hailing service.
The autonomous taxi company Waymo issued a voluntary recall of more than 3,000 vehicles due to a software issue that led some of the vehicles to drive into standing water.
Autonomous taxis continue to divide public opinion, and a viral TikTok is adding even more fuel to the debate surrounding self-driving rides. This time, the conversation is not about a crash, a traffic stop,
A driverless taxi company has apologised after one of its cars repeatedly reversed out of an east London cul-de-sac in the early hours, making a loud noise. Residents of Elder Street in Spitalfields said a Waymo car had been waking everyone up with a "ridiculous mixture of a reversing noise and siren sound" at about 04:00 BST most days last week.
A bill from Sen. Patricia Fahy would launch a pilot program for Waymo self-driving taxis in Albany and Rensselaer in the latest push for expanding autonomous vehicles in New York.