Google Is Set to Beat Amazon to Drone Deliveries
Amazon has been talking about drone deliveries for years now. It seems to be the one thing that Jeff Bezos truly wants,…
Waymo's Self-Driving Vans Were Attacked at Least 21 Times in 2018
Waymo finally launched its public self-driving ride-sharing program in Arizona last month after a year of testing, but…
Waymo Launches the First Commercial Self-Driving Taxi Service—With Caveats
Waymo, Google’s self-driving car project, hit another milestone on Wednesday by launching an Uber-like service in…
Import Cars Could Soon Be a National Security Threat
Big tariffs on imports could be coming on “national security” grounds, the German automakers are bracing for them, one…
Brace Yourselves: Google Got a California Permit to Start Testing Autonomous Cars Without a Safety Driver
Google’s self-driving car unit, Waymo, announced on Tuesday that it’d secured the first permit in California to launch…
Do You Work as a Self-Driving Car Operator? Tell Us Your Story
This week’s New Yorker features a scathing article on Google’s self-driving car program, detailing the stories of nightm…
The Engineer in the Google vs. Uber ‘Stolen Tech’ Case Really Was Terrible
Anthony Levandowski, the controversial former Google engineer at the center of the major lawsuit between Uber and Waymo…
Google's Waymo Self-Driving Car Crashed After Driver Dozed Off Back in June
A Chrysler Pacifica test car outfitted with technology from Google’s self-driving car unit Waymo crashed into a median…
Google's Self-Driving Cars Have Trouble With Basic Driving Tasks: Report
If the autonomous revolution ever arrives, it’s almost certain that self-driving cars will drive with an over-abundance…
Someone Stole A Trailer From Google's Waymo And Police Can't Find It
If you consider the massive amount of data Google has gathered on the world around you, it might be surprising—maybe…
Praise High, For Google Maps Is Coming To Volvos
While Volvo’s overall infotainment systems are widely hailed as some of the best out there, its navigation system,…
Google Minivan In 'Autonomous Mode' Involved In Crash In Arizona (Update: Waymo Says Van Was Actually In 'Manual Mode')
A self-driving minivan belonging to Google’s self-driving car unit, Waymo, was involved in a crash in Chandler, Arizona…
Google's Waymo CEO: We'd Fight A Ban On Human Driving
When it comes to autonomous driving, car enthusiasts are first in line to nix the idea. There’s a bit of an overarching…
Drivers Want To Record Their Car And Protect Their Dogs: Google
Google has published its first-ever trend report for the automotive industry, highlighting the interests of consumers…
Drivers Claim That Waze GPS App Instructed Them To Drive Into A Lake
When a salvage team pulled a Jeep from the bottom of a lake Monday, it had been there for more than a week. All the…
Google Has Spent At Least $1.1 Billion On Self-Driving Car Tech: Report
Billions are being spent on developing self-driving cars, as seen in megadeals like General Motors dumping $1 billion…
BMW Won't Quit Steering Wheels Just Yet (Updated)
Good morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday…
Google Is Using A Virtual World To Test Self-Driving Cars Called 'Carcraft'
Waymo, the self-driving car project launched by Google, has been at the forefront of developing autonomous technology,…
Google Didn't Actually Pay City To Use Emergency Vehicles In Driverless Car Test (Updated)
Waymo, Google’s driverless car developing unit, conducted an “emergency vehicle testing day” in the city of Chandler,…
Uber Now Says Its Former Engineer Actually Did Steal All Those Self-Driving Tech Files From Google
A flurry of legal filings went public on Friday in the battle between Uber and Waymo, Google’s self-driving car…