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Partnering with Nihon Kotsu and GO on our first international road trip

こんにちは(Konnichiwa) and hello, Japan! We're thrilled to announce that Waymo, in partnership with Nihon Kotsu and GO, will bring our autonomous vehicles to Tokyo for our first international road trip. There, our Driver will learn and adapt to left-hand traffic and new driving nuances associated with operating in one of the world's most densely populated urban environments.

Refactoring for Growth

Introducing the autonomy, product, and operations teams.

Robocars promise to improve traffic even when most of the cars around them are driven by people, study finds

Long before all vehicles become self-driving, AI could drastically improve traffic conditions. Traffic jams could become a thing of the past when even as few as 5% of cars are driven by robots.

#19: Waymo the Leapfrog

When people talk about self-driving cars, they usually talk about them as though they’re in the future, still a little opaque and unproven. But as so often, the future is already here: it’s just not evenly distributed. For the last few years, Waymo has been operating fully driverless cars in Phoenix and San Francisco. They’re commercially available. Anyone can download the app and hail one: I was recently passing through SF, and took the opportunity to make a few trips by Waymo. I found the experience hugely impressive, to the point that it made very clear what some parts of our future will look like.

Self-driving as a case study for AGI

Musings of a Computer Scientist.

Exclusive: Cruise slashes 24% of self-driving car workforce in sweeping layoffs

Cruise, the GM self-driving car subsidiary, is laying off 900 workers to slash costs and revamp the company, TechCrunch exclusively learned.

GM’s big bet on driverless cars turns sour

GM’s bet on driverless cars is looking more shaky after Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt resigned. The company has been more bullish on autonomous cars than many of its rivals.