Waymo’s robotaxis head for the highway

Waymo’s robotaxis head for the highway

Waymo After several years of testing its autonomous vehicles on city streets without a human engineer behind the wheel, Waymo will send its fully driverless cars onto freeways for the first time. The Alphabet-owned company announced the move in a blog post on Monday, signaling a notable expansion of its driverless car program. Waymo has … Read more

GM to cut funding for driverless startup Cruise, report says

GM to cut funding for driverless startup Cruise, report says

It’s not getting any easier for beleaguered autonomous-car startup Cruise after a report on Tuesday suggested its main backer, General Motors (GM), is about to slash funding for the startup. Cruise recently suspended nationwide testing on U.S. streets following a string of troubling incidents involving its autonomous cars, the most serious of which occurred in … Read more

Beleaguered robotaxi startup Cruise lays off 900 workers

Beleaguered robotaxi startup Cruise lays off 900 workers

Cruise Beleaguered autonomous car startup Cruise has laid off 900 workers, equal to about a quarter of its workforce. The news comes a day after nine executives were also dismissed. The General Motors-backed firm has suffered a series of setbacks in recent months, triggered by an accident on the streets of San Francisco in October … Read more