Waymo is using insurance data to make the case that its self-driving cars are safer than human drivers. The report, a result of the collaboration first announced last year between the Alphabet-owned company and the insurer Swiss Re, is intended to show how driverless vehicles crash less often and damage less property than human-driven vehicles.
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Cruise, Waymo Get Approval to Expand Driverless Vehicles in San Francisco
The California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates passenger transportation, voted on Thursday to allow Cruise, majority owned by General Motors and Waymo, part of Google parent Alphabet, to deploy more vehicles in San Francisco and to start charging for rides at all times.
Self-Driving Cars: The Road to Nowhere?
Self-driving cars were meant to be the future. However, prominent critics, including industry pioneer Anthony Levandowski, are becoming more vocal as the losses mount. Jennifer King was awakened at 2 a.m. by a loud, high-pitched hum from the first car. “It sounded like a hovercraft,” she says, but that’s not the strange part. King lives… Continue reading Self-Driving Cars: The Road to Nowhere?