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Monday, November 6, 2023

Road trip! How our cross-country testing helps advance the Waymo Driver

Experience is the best teacher, no matter if you're learning to drive a car or getting to know a new city. The Waymo Driver — our core set of technology comprised of hardware and software that enables autonomous driving — has multiple lifetimes of experience navigating the real world and helping people and things get where they're going safely. To bring the benefits of our technology to more people in more places and deliver on our mission to improve road safety, we take the Waymo Driver on road trips to regions where the driving culture and conditions differ from the areas we regularly operate.

Thursday, October 26, 2023

The Waymo Driver: now available on Uber in Phoenix

Good news, Phoenix. There’s now another way to catch a ride with the Waymo Driver.

Starting today, Uber customers can get matched with a fully autonomous, all-electric Waymo ride — with no human driver behind the wheel—in the 225+ square miles of Metro Phoenix where Waymo currently operates.

Thursday, October 19, 2023

Waymo advances AI research with our multifunctional Waymax simulator

At Waymo we are continuously pushing the boundaries of AI innovation and contributing to the research community, which is why today we are announcing Waymax – a lightweight simulator developed specifically for autonomous driving research.

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Waymo One is going on tour in Los Angeles

Waymo One, our 24/7 autonomous ride-hailing service, is going on tour across Los Angeles. Beginning in October, residents and visitors will have a chance to score early access tickets to take fully autonomous Waymo One rides in LA neighborhoods ahead of a wider service launch.

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are significantly safer than human-driven ones, says new research led by Swiss Re

Waymo and Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading reinsurers, partnered in 2022 to advance risk assessment methodologies and approaches to evaluating safety of autonomous vehicles.

Thursday, August 10, 2023

Waymo’s next chapter in San Francisco

Fully autonomous vehicles were once the unimaginable future. For many San Franciscans they’re now a daily reality and an essential mode of transportation. Since late 2022, thousands of SF residents across all neighborhoods have relied on our fully autonomous Waymo One service to get around the city 24/7.

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Making green transportation accessible to all

We all make choices every day that affect the climate, but one of the biggest is how we get around. As a zero-emission ride-hailing service, Waymo One can make that decision easy.