“When considering all locations together, compared to the human benchmarks, the Waymo Driver demonstrated: An 85% reduction or 6.8 times lower crash rate involving any injury, from minor to severe and fatal cases (0.41 incidence per million miles for the Waymo Driver vs 2.78 for the human benchmark) A 57% reduction or 2.3 times lower police-reported crash rate (2.1 incidence per million miles for the Waymo Driver vs. 4.85 for the human benchmark)This means that over the 7.1 million miles Waymo drove, there were an estimated 17 fewer injuries and 20 fewer police-reported crashes compared to if human drivers with the benchmark crash rate would have driven the same distance in the areas we operate.”
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“Given that the version of the Waymo Driver we tested in simulation is the same version that we currently have on the road, these results are a testament not only to the capabilities of the Waymo Driver, but also to the rigor of our more than a decade of experience and our safety readiness framework. Since 94% of crashes involve human error, we believe we have an opportunity to improve road safety by replacing the human driver with the Waymo Driver. This study helps validate that belief.”
“Waymo is in advanced talks to develop autonomous cars with Renault SA, Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., according to people familiar with the matter, in a move that would join a leading self-driving force with the world’s largest automotive alliance.”
Source : Waymo Is Said Nearing Robocar Deal With Renault-Nissan Alliance – Bloomberg
“Today, we’re taking the next step in our journey with the introduction of our commercial self-driving service, Waymo One. We’ll first offer Waymo One to hundreds of early riders who have already been using our technology. Over time, we hope to make Waymo One available to even more members of the public as we add vehicles and drive in more places. Self-driving technology is new to many, so we’re proceeding carefully with the comfort and convenience of our riders in mind. At first, Waymo-trained drivers will supervise our Waymo One vehicles. ”
Source : Waymo One: The next step on our self-driving journey
“Waymo’s permit includes day and night testing on city streets, rural roads, and highways with posted speed limits of up to 65 mph. “Our vehicles can safely handle fog and light rain, and testing in those conditions is included in our permit,” the company says. “We will gradually begin driverless testing on city streets in a limited territory and, over time, expand the area that we drive in as we gain confidence and experience to expand.” Waymo won’t offer rides to the public right off the bat; the company is close to launching its first commercial taxi service using its fleet of autonomous minivans in Phoenix, Arizona. ”
Source : Waymo gets the green light to test fully driverless cars in California – The Verge
“Waymo, la filiale d’Alphabet spécialisée dans les voitures autonomes, veut importer en Europe son service de robots taxis, après son lancement aux Etats-Unis prévu cette année”.
Source : Après les USA, Waymo veut lancer ses robots taxis en Europe
«Waymo et les ingénieurs de Jaguar travailleront de concert pour donner naissance à des versions autonomes. Et ils veulent partir de zéro plutôt que d’adapter un modèle normal préalablement assemblé. Les deux géants espèrent faire sortir 20 000 I-Pace autonomes des usines durant les deux premières années de production».
Source : Waymo va augmenter sa flotte de voitures autonomes avec des Jaguar I-Pace – Tech – Numerama
«This type of scenario is exactly what (autonomous vehicles) are built to handle, seeing an obstacle far ahead and if necessary stopping. […] For those of us at Waymo, it was a very sad day, because that was an accident that was in a car that had technology representing the self-driving space» – John Krafcik.
Source : Waymo CEO confident company’s tech would have avoided deadly Uber accident
Now, Waymo’s fleet of vehicles has officially reached more than 4 million self-driving miles on public roads (for comparison, that would take the average American driver nearly 300 years to complete).
Source : Waymo’s fleet reaches 4 million self-driven miles – Waymo – Medium