Search articles by title, topic or section.
Khabre desk
Recent reporting, analysis and explainers from the Autonomous Driving desk.
technology
Toyota and Waymo plan to begin testing and validating an autonomous bZ4X fleet in Japan in 2027. Toyota will assemble the vehicles and integrate Waymo’s autonomous-driving hardware at its Takaoka plant.
technology
Waymo says it is preparing a fully autonomous ride-hailing service in the Region of Madrid, with first riders targeted for 2027. Its initial work will use manually driven vehicles before technical validation with trained local specialists.
technology
Waymo says it has closed its first debt financing: a $5 billion term loan. The company plans to use the capital to support expansion of its autonomous ride-hailing service in the United States and internationally.
technology
Waymo says its analysis found that sober drivers’ fatal-crash risk at night was 3.1 to 3.9 times the daytime risk. A separate analysis of US fatal crashes found that safety risks often overlap rather than arise from human behaviour alone.
technology
Waymo says it is working with Singapore’s Ministry of Transport and Land Transport Authority to prepare an all-electric autonomous ride-hailing service. The company plans local operations in the coming months, a readiness phase in 2027 and an intended public launch through the Waymo app in 2028.
technology
Waymo, Nihon Kotsu and GO have agreed to prepare a commercial fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Tokyo for 2027. The launch depends on regulatory approvals and further validation of the technology and operating model.
technology
Waymo has opened its first public autonomous ride-hailing service in Las Vegas, covering a nearly 24-mile area. The rollout uses Ojai vehicles powered by the company’s sixth-generation Waymo Driver and will expand across Clark County in stages.
technology
Waymo says its fully autonomous vehicles were involved in substantially fewer serious-injury, airbag-deployment and injury-related crashes than human drivers in the same operating areas and period, based on more than 220 million miles.