Last August, Friedman said on X that he would exclusively get around San Francisco via self-driving cars since Cruise and Waymo at the time were more available to the public. Cruise paused its ...
The electric, self-driving vehicles prepare to merge onto California’s 405 freeway — but have already driven 1.9 million ...
The backstory: Waymo has been operating its fleets of autonomous taxis in greater Los Angeles for more than a year, expanding ...
The automaker invested more than $10 billion in Cruise since taking control of the self-driving startup in 2016. Along with Google-backed rival Waymo ... service in San Francisco in August ...
A Waymo self-driving taxi cruises up Pine Street in San Francisco this summer. Many users, including journalists, have posted videos, reports and testimonials vouching for the pleasant experience ...
Waymo has worked with visually impaired non-profits, like LightHouse in San Francisco, to ensure they offer features like screen readers and audio directions. They hope to offer more in the future.
Y Combinator group partner Jared Friedman last year switched to using robotaxis exclusively. Friedman told Business Insider that he estimated spending 4% of his waking hours in a Waymo in 2024.