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Waymo Says Its Driverless Cars Are 200 Percent Safer Than You

New Atlas | Motor Vehicles

Waymo Says Its Driverless Cars Are 200 Percent Safer Than You

“This month, Waymo posted to X (formerly Twitter) that its vehicles, compared to humans driving the same 14.8 million-mile (23.8 million-km) distance, had 30 fewer injury-causing crashes and 32 fewer police-reported crashes. The company claimed that these figures made their vehicles 3.5x and 2x safer, respectively, than vehicles driven by humans.

The breakdown is the sum of 3.83 million San Francisco miles with 17 fewer injury crashes and 12 fewer police-reported crashes, along with 10.92 million Phoenix miles with 13 and 20 fewer, respectively.”

From New Atlas.

Axios | Motor Vehicles

Waymo Debuts in Philadelphia

“Waymo vehicles are cruising on Philadelphia streets this summer, potentially setting the stage for a fully autonomous rideshare service here…

Waymo is also seeking permission from Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation to test its automated robotaxis in Philly. If it’s granted, that doesn’t mean you can hail a driverless cab anytime soon. Testing would be conducted with a safety driver in the vehicle. No passenger transport will be offered.”

From Axios.

CNBC | Motor Vehicles

Tesla’s First Driverless Delivery of a New Car to a Customer

“Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the automaker completed its first driverless delivery of a new car to a customer, routing a Model Y SUV from the company’s Austin, Texas, Gigafactory to an apartment building in the area on June 27.

The Tesla account on social network X, which is also owned by Musk, shared a video overnight showing the Model Y traversing public roads in Austin, including highways, with no human in the driver’s seat or front passenger seat of the car.”

From CNBC.

Reuters | Motor Vehicles

Tesla Rolls Out Robotaxis in Texas Test

“Tesla deployed a small group of self-driving taxis picking up paying passengers on Sunday in Austin, Texas, with CEO Elon Musk announcing the ‘robotaxi launch’ and social-media influencers posting videos of their first rides.

The event marked the first time Tesla cars without human drivers have carried paying riders, a business that Musk sees as crucial to the electric car maker’s financial future.”

From Reuters.

Associated Press | Motor Vehicles

Amazon Hopes to Deliver 10,000 Robotaxis Annually

“Amazon is gearing up to make as many as 10,000 robotaxis annually at a sprawling plant near Silicon Valley as it prepares to challenge self-driving cab leader Waymo…

The 220,000-square-foot (20,440-square-meter) robotaxi factory announced Wednesday heralds a new phase in Amazon’s push into a technological frontier that began taking shape in 2009, when Waymo was launched as a secret project within Google.

Amazon began eyeing the market five years ago when it shelled out $1.2 billion for self-driving startup Zoox, which will be the brand.”

From Associated Press.