After handling the wayward Waymo at the exploding-house scene on Feb. 9, the officer blew off some steam with his colleagues.

Source: https://missionlocal.org/2023/05/waymo-cruise-fire-department-police-san-francisco/

A recent video of a Waymo car that failed to get let into a line of slow moving cars and was stuck in the oncoming lane shows another situation where just reversing direction would have solved the problem had cars been coming.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2023/02/13/zoox-drives-public-roads-and-yes-robotaxis-should-drive-backwards-sometimes/

A Waymo autonomous taxi in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday Aug. 10, 2023.

Source: https://jalopnik.com/california-votes-to-expand-robotaxi-service-to-24-hours-1850728951

Cruise will have to contend with Waymo in the Phoenix area.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/08/cruise-inches-into-waymos-territory-in-the-phoenix-area/

On Thursday, Waymo and Cruise were granted all-hours operating authority for driverless vehicles in the city by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).

Source: https://mashable.com/article/robotaxis-lyft

The town of San Francisco has not been so forgiving, and of their current letter to the California PUC concerning the permits Waymo and Cruise use to function, they cited unhealthy PuDo explicitly as a motive to decelerate their enlargement.

Source: https://www.mccourier.com/self-driving-cars-are-in-trouble-over-pick-up-drop-off-they-can-fix-it-even-at-the-superbowl/

Uber eventually agreed to pay Waymo $245 million in stock and settled the case.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/uber-partners-alphabets-waymo-offer-driverless-rides-3509621?cid=cna_flip_070214

Waymo and Uber in early 2018 announced an agreement in a blockbuster federal lawsuit over allegedly stolen trade secrets from the self-driving car project.

Source: https://www.legit.ng/business-economy/1535910-uber-taps-driving-tech-rival-waymo/

Waymo can do full operations on SF streets, day or night, safety driver or not, charging fares.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2023/08/10/waymo-and-cruise-get-permits-for-full-day-robotaxi-for-money-in-sf-la-silicon-valley/

Waymo did not charge a fare in San Francisco and its public service excluded the city’s northeast.

Source: https://time.com/6304044/california-robotaxi-expansion/

Waymo, the autonomous vehicle technology business, secured a vote of approval this month from San Francisco to operate driverless rideshares in the city.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4632744-alphabet-moonshots-are-ready-for-launch?source=feed_all_articles