San Francisco service area restrictions for robotaxis in effect for Fleet Week
Robotaxis, such as Waymo, will not be able to enter part of San Francisco as geofencing will be in effect Friday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Robotaxis, such as Waymo, will not be able to enter part of San Francisco as geofencing will be in effect Friday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
California regulators approved Waymo to expand its services in Los Angeles and the Bay Area, and to offer its autonomous ride-hailing service in Sacramento and San Diego in the future, the company said Friday.
The California Pubic Utilities Commission approved Waymo's expansion plans in more Bay Area cities and additional service in Los Angeles, San Diego and Sacramento. Brad Hamilton reports.
With the start of the 3-day Outside Lands festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, the city has rolled out new rules for self-driving cars hoping to avoid a repeat of the fiasco on the Fourth of July. Brad Hamilton reports.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is calling on California transportation officials to strengthen regulations governing self-driving vehicles, arguing that two recent incidents exposed gaps in how robotaxis operate during major emergencies and large public events.
San Francisco's mayor, Daniel Lurie, is calling for Waymo regulations after the self-driving cars contributed to major gridlock on the Fourth of July. Maddie White reports.
Two teens in the San Francisco Bay Area were detained after authorities said they were allegedly shooting projectiles from a Waymo robotaxi.
Waymo is evaluating a couple of incidents on the Fourth of July in San Francisco in which its autonomous vehicles drove over fireworks, including one that caught fire.
The recall follows multiple incidents in which Waymo robotaxis drove past ramp-closure signs and into freeway construction zones.
The Waymo sped through a construction zone, was chased by police, then veered off the highway into a residential neighborhood during a ride from San Mateo to San Francisco.
The new Department of Motor Vehicles regulations allow law enforcement agencies to issue notices of traffic violations to autonomous vehicle companies when their cars commit moving violations.
At the meeting, Waymo said there are about 70 dispatchers at call centers to assist cars in the company's global fleet that require human intervention. But on the night of Dec 20, they said the system was simply overwhelmed.
Waymo looks to serve all of the same areas, including University Park, Highland Park, Oak Lawn and South Dallas.
Sacramentans will soon be able to hail a ride on Waymo's driverless taxis.
"Right now we have the Wild West. I want to see some rules of the road," said Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal.
Waymo announced Thursday that its robotaxi service is now available to and from San Francisco International Airport, ahead of upcoming major events in the Bay Area including the Super Bowl and World Cup.
NHTSA said faulty software may cause Waymo vehicles to pass a stopped school bus even when its red lights are flashing or its stop arm is extended.
Waymo said a pregnant passenger headed to a San Francisco hospital ended up giving birth inside the self-driving vehicle. A remote employee also called 911 after being alerted to "unusual activity."
Autonomous robotaxi company Waymo announced it has expanded to San Jose and is offering curbside service to San Jose Mineta International Airport, the first airport in California to feature the driverless rides.
Waymo has begun offering autonomous robotaxi service using freeways for the first time in select cities in California and Arizona, the company announced.
Ride-hailing giant Uber announced Wednesday that it plans to launch autonomous taxi service in the San Francisco Bay Area next year.
Legislation is set to take effect next summer that will change the status quo and enable officers to issue a "notice of autonomous vehicle noncompliance" to the AV operator for a robotaxi that breaks a traffic law.
When a driverless car breaks a traffic law, who gets the ticket? It happened in San Bruno when a self-driving Waymo robotaxi made an illegal U-turn. Kris Van Cleave reports.
Waymo, owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, offers driverless rides in five cities, with plans to expand.
A police department in the Bay Area said over the weekend that they dealt with an unusual circumstance, pulling over a driverless vehicle for a moving violation.
