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Waymo has removed the human safety driver from its autonomous test vehicles in Nashville, as the Alphabet-owned company moves closer to launching a robotaxi service in the city. Waymo, which has been testing in Nashville for months, will launch a robotaxi service there this year in partnership with Lyft. Passengers will initially be able to […]
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility – your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up for free here – just click TechCrunch Mobility! WaymoThe acceleration of the past eighteen months is undeniable. The Alphabet-owned self-driving company now operates commercial robotaxi services in six markets, […]
Waymo has almost completed a new round of financing of $16 billion that will value the robotaxi company at $110 billion, according to the Financial Times. More than three-quarters of that funding will reportedly come from a source close to home: Alphabet, of which Waymo is a subsidiary. (The company was founded as part of […]
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul plans to introduce legislation that would effectively legalize robotaxis in the state – with the exception of its most populous metropolis: New York City. Hochul, who made the comments Tuesday during her State of the State address, said the legislation would advance the next phase of the state’s autonomous vehicle […]
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.” To get this in your inbox, sign up for free here – just click TechCrunch Mobility! The transportation year started with a pair of bankruptcies – Canoo and Nikola – and now ends with two more. Rad Power bikes is coming to […]
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for everything related to the “future of transport”. To get this in your inbox, sign up for free here – just click TechCrunch Mobility! Have you heard? Elon Musk got his $1 trillion pay package. Of course you did, because coverage of that long-awaited vote is everywhere, including […]
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights about the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up for free here – just click TechCrunch Mobility! I’m sure you’re waiting for the results of last week’s survey. (Reminder: sign up for the Mobility newsletter to participate in […]
A vehicle that puts an illegal U-turn on the road has avoided to be fined because it is without a driver. The police in California stopped the Waymo car after it had completed the maneuver ‘straightforward’ of the authorities at a traffic light. The police of San Bruno said, “because there was no human driver, […]
Waymo Robotaxis can now be praised via Uber in Atlanta. The two companies, which already offer the “Waymo on Uber” service in Austin, said on Tuesday that the commercial service will initially cover around 65 square miles in Atlanta. The launch, if successful, is ready to push the companies of both companies. Uber, which is […]
