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Waymo Depot in Tokyo Identified After the announcement, now the first sighting. A few weeks ago, Waymo announced that Tokyo would be the first city outside the USA to be supplied with robotaxis, and now the first photos of the Wa…

Waymo Depot in Tokyo Identified
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From the waymo community on Reddit: Waymo Requesting Expansion Near San Jose + More Explore this post and more from the waymo community

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He said that Waymo has reached seven nines of reliability and have found that machine learning helps with that: "What we are seeing in practice is that ML is actually making some of our systems more reliable." Fun fact: People at the company prefer the phrase "abnormal exits" to "software crashes."

Waymo safety remains incredible even as miles driven doubles and city types expand

10 Zeekr Vehicles spotted in Waymo’s San Francisco Depot 8 non-camouflaged and 2 camouflaged next generation Waymo-Zeekr vehicles were spotted in the San Francisco Depot on March 27th, 2025 at around 11:35pm PDT. In the two pictures 9 of the vehicles can…

10 Zeekr Vehicles spotted in Waymo's San Francisco Depot
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Waymo has had dozens of crashes—almost all were a human driver's fault Human drivers keep crashing into Waymos that aren't even moving.

Great article on Waymo safety by @binarybits.bsky.social, who has IMO the best reporting on self-driving cars out there

Waymo posted new safety data.

50m miles and counting.

Waymo coming to San Francisco airport after striking deal with city SFO is the first airport in California where the Google subsidiary is allowed to operate, and comes after two years of negotiating.

Mayor Daniel Lurie’s administration has struck a deal with Waymo to let the autonomous vehicle company into San Francisco International Airport to “map” its environs for future autonomous use. missionlocal.org/2025/03/sf-w...

I talked to Waymo’s co-CEOs and others for Fast Company’s new cover story on the company’s journey from improbable dream to a commercial service doing 200,000 rides a week, and what might be next. Here it is! https://www.fastcompany.com/91270760/waymo-most-innovative-companies-2025

Just Another Day in San Francisco
#Waymo
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Exciting news: @waymo.bsky.social is beginning public service on the Peninsula, starting with Palo Alto, Mountain View, and Los Altos! Initial service area below.

A Waymo vehicle was driving in a 25mph zone in LA when an oncoming car swerved into its lane while speeding up to over 70mph… 3x the speed means 9x the destructive energy.

Waymo vehicle reacted safely.

Source: Dmitri Dolgov (Co-CEO at waymo)

📰 Waymo Avoids Oncoming Car Speeding 70+ MPH in 25 Zone (DTLA)

💬 Waymo’s software out here dodging speeding cars like a pro! 🚗💨 Most folks are shook, but some say it's just AI growth. 🤖 #SafetyFirst

https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1j4fkm3

Waymo has doubled its weekly robotaxi rides in less than a year Waymo is logging more than 200,000 paid robotaxi rides every week, according to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, who shared the stat about the tech giant’s subsidiary on X. Waymo commercially operates robotaxis in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix. The…

Waymo has doubled its weekly robotaxi rides in less than a year

Pssst… We’re looking for SF’s biggest Waymo addicts. Tell us your habits — How many rides have you taken? How much $ have you spent? Is Uber dead to you? Let us know 👇

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This is among the most laughable sentences on autonomy I've read lately:

"Although Olson is confident that May can take on Waymo, the company is also set to contend with Tesla's looming entry into the robotaxi business."

How a CEO is looking to succeed in the 'brutal' and expensive world of robotaxis Ford and GM have given up on robotaxis over cost and profitability concerns, the CEO of autonomous driving company May Mobility told BI.

This company is dicey. Journalists should ask:

1. How's Sun City going? Ann Arbor? Etc..
2. What % of your rides don't have a safety driver?
3. If I went to any of your "markets," could I try it & would there be a safety driver?

DM for more, happy to help!

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From the waymo community on Reddit: Waymo makes unprotected left turn flawlessly with Traffic coming from both ways. (Austin TX) Explore this post and more from the waymo community

a thing i will eat some crow about: i didn't think autonomous cars would get this far: www.reddit.com/r/waymo/s/iR...

Intel’s MobilEye Plans A Third Path To Robotaxi, Unlike Tesla, Waymo Tesla is "cheap and everywhere first, then hope for safe." Waymo is "Safe first, then expand and lower costs." MobilEye thinks there is a zig-zag through the middle

Intel's MobilEye Plans A Third Path To Robotaxi, Unlike Tesla, Waymo
Tesla is "cheap and everywhere first, then hope for safe." Waymo is "Safe first, then expand and lower costs." MobilEye thinks there is a zig-zag through the middle - www.forbes.com/sites/bradte...

Is Waymo Friend or Foe to Uber? The fast expansion of Waymo’s driverless car service is growing competition for Uber. The companies are also partners.

“in the next five years, the addressable market is going to be probably in the order of 10 to 15 percent of the overall marketplace.” —Dara Khosrowshahi
seems like a good guess, in-between the skeptics and boosters

Is Waymo Friend or Foe to Uber? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/t...

How To Judge If A Robocar Is Actually Good (Tesla☢️ Vs. Waymo) In order to compare the two, it’s important to figure out just how to judge the quality of a self-driving system.

🌐 How To Judge If A Robocar Is Actually Good (Tesla☢️ Vs. Waymo)

#Tesla

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2025/02/05/how-to-judge-if-a-robocar-is-actually-good-tesla-vs-waymo/

“And in the coming weeks, Waymo 1 vehicles will arrive in Tokyo for their 1st international road trip. Are also developing the 6th generation Waymo Driver, which will significantly lower hardware costs.”

#$GOOGL

“Waymo, which made tremendous progress last year. Safely serving more than 4M passenger trips. It's now averaging over 150K trips each week Looking ahead, Waymo will be expanding its network & operations partnerships to open up new markets, including Austin & Atlanta this year & Miami next year” 1/2

Waymo to test in 10 new cities in 2025, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego Waymo is trying to shorten the length of time it takes to launch robotaxi operations.

This is really incredible. Similar thing is happening in China but the Waymo seems to be moving faster than Chinese counterparts at this point.
www.theverge.com/news/600542/...

Just spent most of the day in LA doing a Waymo challenge! 11 $10 promo discounts (non stackable), one side of the service area to the other for free. Stay tuned for the video!

Opinion | Your robot chauffeur is on its way. Welcome it. Self-driving cars appear to be safer than those with human drivers. Bring them on.

U.S. roads are deadly. Waymo's safety data shows our AVs can help make them safer.

Kudos to the Washington Post Ed Board for recognizing our technology's life-saving potential, and for calling for a national standard for the deployment of safe AVs. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

Waymo reportedly testing robotaxis in 10 new cities in 2025 Waymo plans to start testing autonomous vehicles in 10 new cities this year, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego, according to The Verge. However, this

Waymo reportedly testing robotaxis in 10 new cities in 2025

#news #worldnews

Waymo to test in 10 new cities in 2025, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego Waymo is trying to shorten the length of time it takes to launch robotaxi operations.

Waymo to begin testing a few vehicles in San Diego (not offering rides) www.theverge.com/news/600542/...

Waymo begins testing robotaxis on LA freeways Waymo robotaxis have become a common sight on Los Angeles surface streets. Now, those driverless vehicles are heading to the city’s network of freeways. The Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle technology company said Tuesday it will begin testing its fleet…

Waymo begins testing robotaxis on LA freeways

Check out this “human” driver who tries to mess with the Waymo. No concern for passenger safety. Showing off to their passenger.

They pull onto our side to block the taxi. The car slowed and reacted well.