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Now, anyone with the Waymo One smartphone app will be able to request a ride around an 80-square-mile (129-square-kilometer) territory spanning the second largest U.S. city.
Ride-hailing stalwart Uber is in focus this week, as robotaxi challenges from Waymo and others may cut into its future prospects. But Uber has its own autonomous vehicle (AV) ambitions, making the ...
Just as quickly as ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft overtook the traditional taxi business, the swift rise of Waymo threatens “the lives and livelihoods of workers across San Francisco ...
Waymo One's robotaxis could already be impacting the earnings of Uber and Lyft drivers. Some drivers are concerned about an expansion to airports. The battle between human and robot ride-hailing ...
An ensuing settlement gave Waymo 0.34% of Uber stock, [164] the equivalent of $245 million. Uber agreed not to infringe Waymo's intellectual property. [170] Part of the agreement included a guarantee that "Waymo confidential information is not being incorporated in Uber Advanced Technologies Group hardware and software."
From a consumer perspective, my Waymo experience was about on par with taking an Uber. Waymo was generally cheaper, and equally reliable. It sometimes took what seemed like slower, back-street routes.
On Thursday morning, a ride from downtown Phoenix to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on the Uber app cost about $19. The same ride on the Waymo One app cost about $16. However, users do ...
Waymo, born 15 years ago as the “Google Self-Driving Car Project,” now offers fully autonomous rideshare services in Phoenix—where its driverless vehicles also make Uber Eats deliveries—as ...