Launch Waymo is quietly testing its Denver robotaxi ambitions on a captive audience of employees before facing actual customers. Waymo launching robotaxi service in Denver. But only for its own workers. · The Colorado Sun
Launch Waymo is expanding its autonomous taxi service to San Diego, another notch in its methodical march toward mainstream driverless operations. Waymo's vehicles ready to drive themselves in San Diego, company says · NBC 7 San Diego
Launch Waymo's arrival in Tampa raises immediate questions about liability when self-driving cars inevitably collide with the city's notoriously aggressive drivers. Waymo comes to Tampa — who is responsible? · FOX 13 Tampa Bay
Opinion As Uber and Waymo fight over robotaxi turf, the technology that was supposed to arrive any day now is finally generating real business disputes. Uber and Waymo Are Sparring. The Robotaxi Future Has Arrived - Bloomberg.com · Bloomberg.com
Opinion A legal explainer weighs the liability quandaries that arrive when autonomous vehicles become witnesses to crime. When Your Self-driving Cab Calls the Cops on You - FindLaw · FindLaw
Opinion TechCrunch issues a stark demand to robotaxi companies: prove commercial viability or face a reckoning from skeptics and regulators alike. TechCrunch Mobility: A robotaxi ultimatum - TechCrunch · TechCrunch
Opinion Testimony in D.C. splits on autonomous taxis—labor groups fear job losses while disability advocates see freedom from traditional transportation. ‘Job killer’, independence creator: Testimony on bill to allow autonomous taxis in DC - WTOP · WTOP
Opinion The Teamsters union is pushing back against a Washington, D.C. proposal that would expand Waymo's driverless taxi operations, arguing the city is selling out its workers for Silicon Valley's automation. DC Teamsters, Labor Coalition Demand City Council Reject Anti-Worker Waymo Bill - International Brotherhood of Teamsters · International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Opinion Washington, D.C. councilmembers prepare to wrestle with the question of whether robotaxis should be allowed to proliferate on their streets. Future of driverless vehicles, robotaxis to be debated by DC Council - WTOP · WTOP
Opinion California's permitting loophole lets Waymo operate free robotaxi rides while skirting the state's commercial approval process. Free Waymo Rides in California? You Can Thank a Regulatory Quirk · WIRED
Other Imax is designing large-format entertainment for the backseat of autonomous vehicles, betting that Chinese riders will want cinema-scale distraction during their commute. Imax to Develop Immersive Entertainment System for Self-Driving Cars in China - The Hollywood Reporter · The Hollywood Reporter
Other Waymo and Cruise passengers are dozing off during rides, leading to emergency calls from concerned bystanders—a quirk of the driverless taxi that nobody quite anticipated. Robotaxi Riders Are Falling Asleep, Sparking Frantic 911 Calls - Bloomberg.com · Bloomberg.com
Other Police clarified that a Miami bicycle collision blamed on Waymo involved a human driver, a reminder that autonomous vehicles still draw public suspicion when accidents happen nearby. No, a Waymo did not hit a bicyclist in Miami. It was a human driver, police say - Axios · Axios
Other Waymo's driverless fleet hit an unglamorous wall when holiday traffic left dozens of vehicles dead in the water on San Francisco streets. Waymo cars stranded on San Francisco streets as Fourth of July gridlock drains batteries · NBC News
Other Waymo's autonomous vehicles have become mobile surveillance systems, reporting misbehaving passengers to law enforcement. Waymo reports teen riders for bad behavior and delivers them to the police · Los Angeles Times
Other Waymo's autonomous vehicles created a traffic jam on Independence Day when their batteries died mid-route, leaving the cars stranded on San Francisco streets. Waymo cars ran out of charge, blocked roads during SF’s July 4 fireworks · The San Francisco Standard