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Waymo is betting that the future of shipping will be autonomous 18-wheelers. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz meets Boris Sofman, the company's head of engineering fo

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/are-driverless-trucks-the-future-of-shipping-inside-waymo-s-new-test-program-part-1-136783429643
Inside Waymo's new test program (Part 1) Waymo is betting that the future of shipping will be autonomous 18-wheelers. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz meets Boris Sofman, the company's head of

https://www.supplychaintoday.com/are-driverless-trucks-the-future-of-shipping-inside-waymos-new-test-program/
Inside Waymo's New Test Program. Many people are saying driverless trucks are the future of shipping. The U.S. is facing a shortage of truck drivers and autonomous vehicles are ready to step in. As Waymo tests its self-driving trucks in Arizona, they say their biggest challenge is accounting for unpredictable behavior from others on the road.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/8/24151391/daimler-truck-autonomous-demonstrator-torc-waymo
May 8, 2024, 3:00 AM PDT. Image: Daimler Trucks. Daimler Truck, a subsidiary of the Mercedes-Benz parent company, revealed its first autonomous truck demonstrator that it said will pave the way to

https://www.toolify.ai/ai-news/the-future-of-shipping-inside-waymos-driverless-truck-test-program-1668363
The Future of Shipping: Inside Waymo's Driverless Truck Test Program. Table of Contents: Introduction; The Rise of Driverless Vehicles; The testing and Development Process; Concerns and Reactions from Humans; The Role of Safety Drivers; The Technology Behind Self-Driving Trucks; Challenges and Anomalies in Self-Driving; The Impact on the

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/26/waymo-puts-the-brakes-on-self-driving-trucks-program/
Waymo is tapping the brakes on self-driving trucks and shifting most of its capital, resources and talent to one commercial bet: ride-hailing. The move, which was announced Wednesday in a company

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https://waymo.com/blog/2022/06/waymo-via-and-uber-freight-partner-to/
June 7, 2022. Waymo Via and Uber Freight partner to accelerate the future of logistics. Waymo Via. The Waymo Team. Rising shipping demand coupled with a growing shortage of drivers has brought the logistics industry to an inflection point, and the need for an autonomous trucking solution like Waymo Via has never been more apparent.

https://waymo.com/blog/2023/07/doubling-down-on-waymo-one/
At Waymo, we're developing a generalizable, fully autonomous Driver - the Waymo Driver - designed to integrate with a variety of vehicle platforms and commercial applications including ride-hailing, trucking, local delivery, and personal car ownership. Given the tremendous momentum and substantial commercial opportunity we're seeing on the ride-hailing front, we've made the decision

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/25/24184814/waymo-waitlist-robotaxi-san-francisco-app-ride
Waymo is getting rid of its waitlist and opening up its robotaxi service to all residents of San Francisco. People interested in riding in a driverless car can download the app and request one.

https://www.industryweek.com/technology-and-iiot/emerging-technologies/article/21243778/uber-and-waymo-team-up-to-get-driverless-trucks-rolling
Before driverless trucks are allowed onto roads and highways, however, multiple tests must still be conducted to ensure they are safe. Waymo has been testing self-driving trucks in a handful of U.S. states. "Uber Freight's extensive, efficient, and reliable digital network is essential to making autonomous trucks a reality," said unit head Lior

https://medium.com/waymo/same-driver-different-vehicle-bringing-waymo-self-driving-technology-to-trucks-e55824b55b8f
Over the past year, we've been conducting road tests of Waymo's self-driving trucks in California and Arizona. Our software is learning to drive big rigs in much the same way a human driver

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/8/24029932/waymo-driverless-highway-trips-phoenix-speed-testing
Jan 8, 2024, 3:54 PM UTC. Image: Waymo. Waymo's days of avoiding freeways are finally coming to an end. The Alphabet-owned company announced today that its fully driverless vehicles would begin

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/are-driverless-trucks-the-future-of-shipping-inside-waymo-s-new-test-program-part-2-136782405893
Inside Waymo's new test program (Part 2) As Waymo tests its self-driving trucks in Arizona, they say their biggest challenge is accounting for unpredictable behavior from others on the road. The

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-much-do-waymo-vias-autonomous-trucks-benefit-from-driverless-cars
Sofman spoke with FreightWaves about Waymo's approach to autonomous trucking, the financial benefits of building on lessons learned from smaller vehicles and when Waymo Via — the trucking arm of Waymo — will hit the road with and ultimately without a safety driver. Despite publicly naming comparatively few fleets testing its software

https://builtin.com/articles/autonomous-trucking
The aim of autonomous trucking is to one day get big rigs and delivery trucks, and the things they carry, from point A to point B without human intervention. ... Are Driverless Trucks the Future of Shipping? Inside Waymo's New Test Program | Video: NBC News . ... When it comes to a driverless future in the trucking industry, these autonomous

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10203425/waymo-decouples-from-truck-market
Autonomous truck developer Waymo is stepping back from developing a fully autonomous Class 8 truck and shifting engineering resources to the ride-hailing and robotaxi market. The move was

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/driverless-startup-waymo-test-self-210938081.html
Waymo, a Google subsidiary, will be testing its latest self driving car technology in Austin. Autonomous vehicle company Waymo will begin testing driverless cars, with no human behind the wheel

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https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/26/23809237/waymo-via-autonomous-truck-delay-timeline-layoffs
Waymo's trucking unit, also known as Waymo Via, sat alongside its Waymo One robotaxi division. ... that would require real human drivers to be present at all times inside of autonomous trucks

https://www.reddit.com/r/SelfDrivingCars/comments/tx486m/nbc_news_video_are_driverless_trucks_the_future/
78K subscribers in the SelfDrivingCars community. News and discussion about Autonomous Vehicles and Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS).

https://newatlas.com/transport/waymo-driverless-cars-200-percent-safer-than-humans/
This month, Waymo posted to X (formerly Twitter) that its vehicles, compared to humans driving the same 14.8 million-mile (23.8 million-km) distance, had 30 fewer injury-causing crashes and 32

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-recall-more-550-000-094249921.html
By David Shepardson. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ford Motor said Tuesday it is recalling 668,000 F-150 pickup trucks worldwide from the 2014 model year because vehicles can unexpectedly downshift into

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/waymo-opens-driverless-rides-to-anyone-in-san-francisco-no-waitlist-needed/
Read more: Waymo's New Feature Scans for Cyclists, Other Cars to Prevent Accidents Waymo's ridehailing service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week in San Francisco. The company says

https://www.coursehero.com/file/226402708/final-Reportdocx/
Boris Sofman, Waymo's head of engineering for trucking, joined Gadi Schwartz to discuss the semi-truck testing program aimed at making delivery driverless. Waymo faces the issue of unforeseen road behavior and addressing the truck driver shortage in the US. AI-driven trucks could benefit programmers, gas stations, and small businesses, and