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Waymo will begin operating in 3 more cities in the U.S. - San Diego, Las Vegas, and Detroit. 

Waymo to Begin Operating in San Diego, Las Vegas, and Detroit in 2026

Waymo is being investigated after one of its automated vehicles didn't stop near a school bus that was disembarking children. 

Waymo Faces Preliminary Probe Over School Bus Incident

Waymo just expanded a whole new lot in LA, the Bay Area, and Silicon Valley.     

Waymo Adds New LA, Bay Area, and Silicon Valley Neighborhoods to Driverless Network

Let us talk about how autonomous vehicles 'see' the world.

How Waymo Combines Lidar and Cameras for 3D Object Detection

In the on-demand market, ride-hailing is one of the key services that account for a higher percentage of total revenue. Uber is the first ride-hailing app that entered the market and following that many taxi services launched their business in the market. Many taxi apps became successful and are still sustaining in the market. There is so much competition in the taxi service industry. Many small scale taxi services are competing with each other to become the key players in the market. 

Insights From Waymo: Self-Driving Taxis Are The Future of Ride-Hailing

At a time when Uber’s self-driving tech appears flawed on its Volvo, Waymo is looking to disrupt Uber’s marketshare with a Jaguar I-PACE model that is both electric and equipped with self-driving tech.

Waymo’s all-electric Jaguar Will Rule the Self-Driving Fleets of the Future

<a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/driverless" target="_blank">Driverless</a> <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/cars" target="_blank">cars</a> have enormous potential to save lives and improve traffic safety. But there’s a long way to go before that vision is realized. Along the way, champions of autonomous vehicles are going to have to convince a lot of skeptics that the technology can work in the real world, not just under controlled testing conditions. Are they going to succeed?

Is Waymo’s driverless car safe?

A few days ago <a href="https://medium.com/@waymo" data-anchor-type="2" data-user-id="1e12980dc791" data-action-value="1e12980dc791" data-action="show-user-card" data-action-type="hover" target="_blank">Waymo</a> announced a partnership with Avis, the car rental company, to have them manage their growing fleet of self-driving Chrysler minivans.

Quick thoughts on the strategic implications of the Waymo-Avis deal

HackerNoon's new Weekly Newsletter curates Results from our Poll of the Week and 2 related polls around the web. This week's topic is self-driving cars. 

Would You Ride in A Self-Driving Car?

Rewind to October 13, 1994, Netscape released its first browser for sale and began making the internet mainstream. Fast forward to 1995 and Microsoft released Internet Explorer bundled with Windows 95 for free and won the first browser war.

Uber is the Netscape of transportation.

When we talk about pedestrian traffic, safety must be the top concern. But sadly, transportation infrastructure worldwide pays more attention to the vehicle's safety, not people.

Car Safety Technology Is A Must-Have To Save Pedestrians' Lives 

The last article looked at how it’s <a href="https://hackernoon.com/uber-is-the-netscape-of-transportation-be0a13267797" target="_blank">just a question of time</a> until <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/self-driving" target="_blank">self driving</a> <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/cars" target="_blank">cars</a> are on the road and the impact for the transportation industry. In this article I explore the moral challenges of creating error handling for the inevitable accidents. <a href="https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/vr/autonomous/autonomousveh_ol316+" target="_blank">32 Accidents</a> involving self driving cars have been reported in California since 2014, mostly from humans rear ending the more cautious self driving cars.

Self Driving Psychopaths

The new frontier in tech marketing: going guerrilla or going home? Big tech turns to ambient marketing, but should tech startups follow suit?

Fortune Cookies For The Fortune 500? Waymo Thinks So — But Should You?

Uber was partially invented right in front of me in a Paris snowstorm by Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick. That set me on a path of understanding transportation

How Tesla's Positioned to Win the Robotaxi Market By 2030 Over Waymo, Zoox, Cruise, Uber, and Lyft

The most recent episode of <a href="http://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia" target="_blank">Invisibilia (a fantastic podcast, I encourage you to subscribe)</a>, centers around a car/truck accident between a family of four (a mother, father and two girls) and a truck driver. Sudden flash rains, lost control and one person gets killed (I won’t spoil the story) and this leads to an Invisibilia team deep dive into emotions. While listening to the episode, I remembered sitting in an MBA Ethics Class and the conversation was on the ‘<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/10/trolley-problem-history-psychology-morality-driverless-cars/409732/" target="_blank">Trolley Problem</a>’. The question was, <em>if you are the driver of a Trolley with faulty brakes whom would you choose to hit between the five unsuspecting workers directly on your path or you could turn the trolley and hit one unsuspecting worker? </em>The dilemma that you have to <em>actively</em> decide to save some lives to kill one is a moral gray area with no right or wrong answer. At the point in the class when we were having the conversation, I didn’t really think too deeply about it; it was an abstract conversation about a situation I didn’t really think I would ever find myself in. It was more of an intellectual exercise than a real one to me.

Who's To Blame If One Gets Killed In An (Uber/Tesla/Waymo) Self-Driving Car?

Discover 2025’s top tech trends from AI to quantum and learn what’s real, what’s hype, and how they’re shaping the future of business & society. Read more!

Trending Tech in 2025: What’s Real (Context Aware AI), What’s Hype (Self Driving Cars) & What’s Next

Google might not be in such deep waters as chatter on the internet would have you believe. 

Google Might Be Undervalued In The Tech and AI Race

To understand AI, start with the right terms. This guide explains core concepts like GPT, diffusion, and fine-tuning—cutting through hype and misconceptions.

If the AI is so Smart – Why Can’t it Do Things Without me Asking? [Part 1 of 2] 

The general public should be sensitized about the consequences of giving away their personal and private information to AI.

Here's the Cost of Those AI-Generated Ghibli Images That No One is Talking About

Discover how Panopticus aims to evolve with multi-tasking support, optimized AI resource allocation, and enhanced 3D detection metrics. 

Next-Gen 3D Detection: Challenges, Innovations & Future Directions

Panopticus leverages CUDA, TensorRT, and PyTorch to optimize multi-branch 3D object detection, ensuring high accuracy and efficient real-time inference.

How Panopticus Uses AI to Detect Objects in 3D

Tesla unveils its Cybercab, redefining taxis with FSD tech. Younger drivers embrace AI and self-driving cars, shaping a future full of innovation and debate.

Is Tesla's Robotaxi a Bold Step or a Blunder? 

Explore NVIDIA's CES 2025 keynote where CEO Jensen Huang unveiled Project DIGITS, RTX 50 Series GPUs, and advancements in AI for autonomous vehicles/robotics

Cigarette Pack-Sized AI Powerhouses and More: NVIDIA's Bold Leap at CES 2025

Like any other tech cycle, AI will need a complete infrastructural, commercial, and business model change, requiring 30 years for full maturation.

AI Will Have to Jump Multiple Hoops to Truly Become a Force to be Reckoned With

Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., specializes in autonomous driving technology, offering fully autonomous ride-hailing services in multiple U.S. cities.

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