Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo is enlisting DoorDash Inc. drivers in Atlanta to close robotaxi doors that have been left open, letting the driverless vehicles continue on their way.

After years of testing and validation, Waymo announced today that it’s sixth-generation robotaxi technology is finally ready for passenger trips. The updated autonomous driving system will first be ...

In addition to DoorDash, Waymo is also paying users of Honk, an independent roadside assistance company, to close robotaxi doors. A recent Washington Post report said Honk users, who get paid to ...

Alphabet-owned Waymo deploys its new Ojai robotaxi fleet in San Francisco and Los Angeles, featuring advanced 360-degree ...

Waymo is offering DoorDash drivers a gig to shut car doors left ajar by passengers. A Reddit post from a DoorDash employee showed that Waymo had offered $11.25 to have one of its car doors shut. Waymo ...

The new round, the biggest in the Alphabet unit’s history, values the company at $126 billion — with much of it coming from ...

Since Waymo doesn’t have a vehicle with automatic doors, it has to pay on gig workers for help. (The Washington Post covered this phenomenon recently.) Just another example of the invisible human ...

Toyota and Pony.ai debut a mass-produced bZ4X robotaxi in China, aiming to scale autonomous mobility with cost cuts, industrial discipline, and a long-term challenge to Tesla and Waymo. The post ...

Robotaxi pioneer Waymo has raised another $16 billion to help fuel its ambition for its fleet of self-driving cars to provide ...

The child sustained minor injuries, according to the self-driving company. The NHTSA is looking into the incident and Waymo's ...

A Waymo robotaxi struck a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica during morning drop-off hours last week.

Unfortunately, we’re already starting to see some. A Waymo robotaxi struck a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica on January 23. Luckily, the child suffered only minor injuries.