Alphabet’s Waymo on Wednesday launched a significant development in its costly, decade-long quest for autonomous transportation: self-driving taxis that actually generate fares. With little fanfare, the company has begun charging passengers to use its driverless vehicles in a roughly 100-mile (160 km) zone in four Phoenix suburbs – Chandler, Tempe, Mesa and Gilbert – where… Continue reading Waymo Unveils Self-Driving Taxi Service in Arizona
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Trump Administration Pushing to Ease Roll-Out of Driverless Cars and Trucks
The Trump administration on Thursday wrapped trucks into its updated driverless vehicle policy, saying it will “no longer assume” that a commercial motor vehicle driver has to be a human or that a trucker — or anyone else — necessarily needs to be in the cab. The administration said it would work to ease the… Continue reading Trump Administration Pushing to Ease Roll-Out of Driverless Cars and Trucks