Bold Names

Driverless: Waymo and the Robotaxi Race—Under the Hood


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Waymo, the self-driving car startup owned by Google parent Alphabet, may be the front-runner in the race to lead the driverless car industry, but it’s got competition. Elon Musk’s Tesla and Amazon’s Zoox are also building out robotaxi technology and services to get riders in self-driving cars. On the second episode of our special series on the growing driverless car industry, host Danny Lewis looks at these companies’ efforts to catch up and where Waymo’s success could take it and its tech into the future.


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Further reading:

General Motors Scraps Cruise Robotaxi Program 

Musk Shows Off Driverless Robotaxi to Be Priced Under $30,000 

Waymo, Uber, Lyft Are Biggest Winners From Tesla’s Robotaxi Flop 

Elon Musk Plays a Familiar Song: Robot Cars Are Coming 


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