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06Sep/17

U.S. House unanimously approves sweeping self-driving car measure

September 6, 2017TransportAlphabet Inc., Automation, Autonomous car, Companies, Control engineering, Emerging technologies, General Motors, General Motors Co, Google, Motor vehicles, Robotics, Self-driving cars, Technology, Technology/Internet, Transport, United States, Vehicular automation, Washington, DC, Waymo, Xsmbale

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 6, 2017) (HOUSE TV) – The U.S. House unanimously approved on Wednesday (September 6) a sweeping proposal to speed the deployment of self-driving cars without human controls and bar states from blocking autonomous vehicles. Continue reading →

15May/17

Lyft partners with Waymo

May 15, 2017TransportAlphabet Inc., Autonomous car, Business/Finance, California, Car sharing, Commuting, Companies, Company: LYFT, Company: Waymo, Emerging technologies, Google, Irvine, Location-based software, Lyft, Lyft Inc, Phoenix, Self-driving cars, Skype, Software, Sustainable transport, Technology/Internet, The New York Times, Transport, Transportation network companies, Uber, Uber Technologies Inc, United States, Waymo, Xsmbale

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (MAY 15, 2017) (REUTERS VIA SKYPE) – U.S. ride services company Lyft Inc and Alphabet Inc’s self-driving car unit Waymo have launched a self-driving vehicle partnership, bringing together two rivals to dominant ride-sharing service Uber Technologies Inc.
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24Feb/17

Google’s Waze to compete with Uber – WSJ

February 24, 2017InnovationAlphabet Inc., Companies, Crowdsourcing, Fred Katayama, Google, Israel, Location-based software, Lyft, PAUL LIENERT, Route planning software, Self-driving cars, Software, Transport, Uber, United States, Waymo, Waze, WAZE-TVsmbale

Google’s carpool service Waze plans to expand onto Uber’s territory, according to The Wall Street Journal. Fred Katayama reports. Continue reading →

16Mar/16

Google's driverless cars take lawmakers for a spin

Google’s driverless cars take lawmakers for a spin

March 16, 2016InnovationAlphabet Inc., Automation, Automobile safety, Autonomous car, BILL NELSON, Car, Chris Urmson, Company: Google, Disaster/Accident, Emerging technologies, Gavino Garay, Google, Google self-driving car, Robotics, Science and technology, Self-driving cars, Technology, Technology/Internet, Transport, U . S . Transportation, U.S. Congress, Waymo, Xsmbale

Executives behind Google’s driverless car program push U.S. Congress to grant national auto safety regulators new authority to get driverless cars on the roads. Gavino Garay reports. Continue reading →

20Jul/15

Google self-driving car was rear-ended early July, causing injuries

July 20, 2015TechnologyAlphabet Inc., Austin, Automation, Autonomous car, Business/Finance, Chris Urmson, Disaster/Accident, Google, Google driverless car, GOOGLE INC., Land transport, Lexus, Motor vehicles, Mountain View, Road transport, Science and technology, Self-driving cars, Technology, Technology/Internet, Toyota, Traffic collision, Transport, Vehicular automation, Waymo, Xsmbale

A Google self-driving vehicle was involved in another rear-end collision, bringing the accident count to 14 since 2009.

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