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Waymo Is Scaling Fast, but the Map Is Deceptive: It's Nearly All California and Texas
In the past three weeks Waymo's Texas robotaxi fleet has grown by almost half. Registration data reveals where the company's driverless cars are really concentrated.
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Waymo Heads to Singapore: Robotaxis Coming to the City-State's Roads
Waymo has announced its entry into the Singapore market. The company will start by manually mapping the streets next year, with plans to launch a commercial driverless taxi service by 2028.
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Lyft Gets Back into Robotaxis: Waymo Driverless Cars Show Up in the App in Nashville
For the first time in years, Lyft has entered the commercial driverless-ride market—you can now hail a Waymo car through its app. The company promises that next year will be a year of geographic expansion.
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Waymo Robotaxi Turns Passengers with Homemade Weapon Over to Police
In San Francisco, a self-driving Waymo taxi pulled over mid-trip and called the police after discovering that its teenage passengers were carrying a loaded weapon.
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Robotaxi villain: a short film about a rogue car from San Francisco
Director Romain Thomassin is shooting the short film Road Rage, in which the driver's adversary is an autonomous car bent on revenge for an insult. The project is raising money on Kickstarter.
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Court Bars Waymo from Charging Robotaxis Overnight After Residents' Complaints
A Santa Monica court has ordered Waymo to halt nighttime operations at its charging lots: the constant stream of cars was robbing neighbors of sleep and peace.