Waymo
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Waymo is an Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company operating robotaxi services across 11 U.S. cities including Nashville, partnering with Lyft for fleet operations, and competing globally with China's Pony AI at roughly equivalent fleet scale.
Waymo in Portland
Waymo expands to Portland with a proven 13x reduction in serious injury crashes, methodically working with regulators toward full autonomous deployment.
Waymo says expecting driverless taxis to stay out of bike lanes is unrealistic
Waymo programs its autonomous taxis to intentionally block UK and US bike lanes for pickups, defying traffic codes and creating documented cyclist safety risks as it expands London operations.
Tesla launches robotaxis in Dallas and Houston, and oops, it’s already unavailable
Tesla's robotaxi debut in Dallas and Houston shows minimal actual vehicle availability despite the promotional push, highlighting execution gaps that rival Waymo's own cautious rollout.
This Khosla-backed autonomous pod startup just raised $170M — now it’s aiming for more
Glydways lands $170M from Suzuki and Khosla to deploy autonomous transit pods across three major cities with claimed 90% infrastructure cost reduction versus rail.
Most people still don’t want anything to do with robotaxis
Consumer resistance to robotaxis has become philosophical rather than economic: 53% refuse outright, one-third say no price could convince them, and Tesla's autonomy marketing has poisoned industry-wide trust.