Hackernews posts about Waymo

Waymo is a leading developer and provider of self-driving car technology, offering autonomous ride-hailing services through its subsidiary Waymo One in several cities across the United States.

1. A comparison to Waymo’s auto liability insurance claims at 25M miles (waymo.com)
   178 points by devangs 29 days ago | 477 comments
2. Man trapped inside driverless Waymo car as it spins in circles (www.bbc.co.uk)
   66 points by whyleyc 10 days ago | 87 comments
3. Waymo robotaxis safer than any human-driven cars (cleantechnica.com)
   41 points by hochmartinez 13 days ago | 56 comments
4. Swiss Re study: Waymo is safer than even the most advanced human-driven vehicles (waymo.com)
   41 points by ra7 30 days ago | 41 comments
5. Waymo Picked Up 4M Rides in 2024, Tesla Had Zero (mishtalk.com)
   8 points by nova22033 11 days ago | discuss
6. Man trapped inside Waymo car as it spins in circles (www.bbc.com)
   5 points by haunter 10 days ago | 1 comments
7. Some Passengers Riding in Waymo's Driverless Cars Face Uncomfortable Situations (www.msn.com)
   3 points by m463 26 days ago | 2 comments
8. Waymo still doing better than humans at preventing injuries and property damage (www.theverge.com)
   3 points by mfiguiere 30 days ago | 1 comments
9. A Waymo robotaxi got stuck in a roundabout loop (techcrunch.com)
   3 points by pera 11 days ago | discuss
10. Man nearly misses flight as Waymo stuck doing loops in parking lot (www.cbsnews.com)
    3 points by agomez314 12 days ago | discuss
11. A Waymo robotaxi and a Serve delivery robot collided in Los Angeles (techcrunch.com)
    2 points by cromulent 16 days ago | 1 comments
12. Waymo Zeekr with 6th Generation Waymo Driver and Windshield Wipers for Sensors (thelastdriverlicenseholder.com)
    2 points by xnx 10 days ago | discuss
13. Waymo and SwissRe Show Impressive New Safety Data (www.forbes.com)
    2 points by mhb 29 days ago | discuss
14. Waymo driverless robotaxi sends airport passenger spinning in circles (www.nbcnews.com)
    1 points by ivewonyoung 10 days ago | 1 comments
15. Waymo's Plan for World Domination (Factory Update) [video] (www.youtube.com)
    1 points by xnx 10 days ago | discuss
16. Robot taxi riders in San Francisco targeted with a new form of harassment (www.washingtonpost.com)
    14 points by pseudolus 26 days ago | 1 comments
17. Robot taxi riders in San Francisco targeted with a new form of harassment (www.washingtonpost.com)
    11 points by uxhacker 26 days ago | 5 comments
18. Roads teeming with robotaxis, crossing the street can be harrowing (www.washingtonpost.com)
    11 points by alistairSH 18 days ago | 1 comments
19. Self-driving cars don't stop for me at a crosswalk I use every day (www.washingtonpost.com)
    7 points by pseudolus 18 days ago | 2 comments
20. LA tech entrepreneur nearly misses flight after getting trapped in robotaxi (www.theguardian.com)
    5 points by openrisk 11 days ago | 4 comments
21. On roads teeming with robotaxis, crossing the street can be harrowing (www.washingtonpost.com)
    5 points by bookofjoe 16 days ago | 1 comments
22. US finalizes rule to effectively ban Chinese vehicles (www.theverge.com)
    4 points by clumsysmurf 3 days ago | 3 comments
23. LA tech entrepreneur nearly misses flight after getting trapped in robotaxi (www.theguardian.com)
    2 points by openplatypus 11 days ago | discuss
24. X deletes all pro-Israel posts from Germany Christmas market attacker profile (twitter.com)
    24 points by newspaper1 27 days ago | 2 comments
25. Turn Your Weather into Poetry with GenAI (www.raymondcamden.com)
    1 points by todsacerdoti 1 day ago | discuss
26. Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco (waymo.com)
    495 points by ra7 7 months ago | 623 comments
27. Waymo and Uber partner to bring autonomous driving technology to Uber (blog.waymo.com)
    411 points by oflordal over 1 year ago | 373 comments
28. S.F. says incidents by Cruise, Waymo driverless taxis are ‘skyrocketing.’ (www.sfchronicle.com)
    388 points by mikhael over 1 year ago | 909 comments
29. California Approves Waymo Expansion to Los Angeles and SF Peninsula [pdf] (www.cpuc.ca.gov)
    348 points by ra7 11 months ago | 405 comments
30. Cyclist hit by driverless Waymo car in San Francisco, police say (www.sfgate.com)
    323 points by mayakacz 12 months ago | 713 comments
31. Waymo outperforms comparable human benchmarks over 7M+ miles (waymo.com)
    313 points by ra7 about 1 year ago | 861 comments
32. Waymo One doubles service area in Phoenix, continues growing in SF (blog.waymo.com)
    306 points by ra7 over 1 year ago | 413 comments
33. Self-driving Waymos secure final clearance for expansion beyond S.F (www.sfchronicle.com)
    302 points by rntn 7 months ago | 435 comments
34. Waymo says insurance data shows its driverless cars are safer than humans (www.nbcbayarea.com)
    221 points by kens about 1 year ago | 281 comments
35. Waymo One is now open to all in Los Angeles (waymo.com)
    213 points by ra7 2 months ago | 371 comments
36. Waymo recalls software after two self-driving cars hit the same truck (www.cnn.com)
    212 points by reteltech 11 months ago | 79 comments
37. How Waymo outlasted the competition and made robo-taxis a real business (fortune.com)
    208 points by webel0 8 months ago | 404 comments
38. 7.1M miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo's safety data looks good (arstechnica.com)
    189 points by elorant about 1 year ago | 4 comments
39. Waymo will bring autonomous vehicles to Tokyo (waymo.com)
    187 points by EvgeniyZh about 1 month ago | 121 comments
40. Waymo Layoffs (sfstandard.com)
    167 points by whynot-123 over 1 year ago | 125 comments
41. NY Times Rides in Waymo Robotaxis in SF (www.nytimes.com)
    163 points by NullHypothesist over 1 year ago | 331 comments
42. Waymo and Hyundai enter multi-year, strategic partnership (waymo.com)
    140 points by ra7 4 months ago | 85 comments
43. Grumpy Locals Are Sabotaging Cruise and Waymo Robotaxis with Traffic Cones (www.thedrive.com)
    113 points by clouddrover over 1 year ago | 147 comments
44. Self-driving Waymo cars keep SF residents awake all night by honking (arstechnica.com)
    100 points by yabones 5 months ago | 29 comments
45. Waymo car vandalized and lit on fire in San Francisco (twitter.com)
    98 points by latchkey 11 months ago | 165 comments
46. Waymo closes $5.6B investment round (waymo.com)
    88 points by ra7 3 months ago | 212 comments
47. Waymo the Leapfrog (loeber.substack.com)
    85 points by loeber 7 months ago | 114 comments
48. Safety performance of the Waymo rider-only automated driving system [pdf] (storage.googleapis.com)
    84 points by alphabetting almost 2 years ago | 55 comments
49. 6th-generation Waymo Driver (waymo.com)
    82 points by panarky 5 months ago | 70 comments
50. Waymo to begin testing on San Francisco freeways this week (techcrunch.com)
    81 points by openopenopen 5 months ago | 117 comments
51. Waymo illegal overtake into wrong-way driving (old.reddit.com)
    79 points by stefan_ 9 months ago | 102 comments
52. Alphabet to invest another $5B into Waymo (techcrunch.com)
    75 points by chrixf 6 months ago | 78 comments
53. Human drivers keep rear-ending Waymos (arstechnica.com)
    73 points by PaulHoule 4 months ago | 125 comments
54. Waymo's autonomous ride-hailing service now available to all in San Francisco (www.reuters.com)
    64 points by JumpCrisscross 7 months ago | 2 comments
55. A stalled Waymo brought Kamala Harris' motorcade to a halt in SF (sfstandard.com)
    61 points by rntn 4 months ago | 59 comments