On Valentine’s Day this year, in Mountainview, CA (Where Google’s Global HQ resides), Google’s autonomous test car in that area had a minor fender-bender when it struck a bus at 2 mph. You can see the ...

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Waymo is experimenting with Google’s Gemini AI chatbot to act as a co-pilot in its autonomous vehicles. According to the blog post, the aim is to create a friendly and helpful AI companion integrated ...

With auto officials saying driverless cars could be available by the end of the decade, California officials want to hear from the public on how to regulate the vehicles. Nearly 30 people attended a ...

Google's robotic car spin-off Waymo is poised to become the first to test fully driverless vehicles on California's public roads. Waymo can carry out driverless testing in Silicon Valley, including ...

Waymo, which was spun out of Google’s self-driving-car division in 2016, is the only company in the U.S. operating a ...

Waymo, the driverless-car company spun out of Google, has pushed farther ahead in self-driving cars than any of the automakers or other technology companies trying to pioneer the field. Its vehicles ...

Nevada‘s putting a new spin on the idea of “hands-free” driving this week: The state just issued Google its first license for a car that drives itself. According to the Las Vegas Sun, Nevadans can ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KGO) -- Google unveiled a prototype of its driverless car. It has no steering wheel or driver pedals. Instead, it comes with buttons for go and stop. Sensors and on-board ...

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