Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Technology Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Advertisement Supported by ByTiffany Hsu July 25, 2018 Waymo, Google’s autonomous-vehicle spinoff, wants to help you run your errands. The company said on Wednesday that it had teamed up with five companies, including Walmart, Avis and AutoNation, to offer rides in its self-driving cars in the Phoenix area. The partnerships hint at Waymo’s plans for fusing its technology into people’s everyday lives by transporting them between their homes and stores, restaurants or other nearby destinations. The company’s arrangement with Walmart will allow shoppers who buy groceries online to summon a Waymo vehicle to shuttle them to a store to pick up their orders. The new service, which is set to begin this week, is Walmart’s latest move in an intensifying competition with Amazon to dominate the grocery sector, after its … [Read more...] about Waymo Teams Up With Walmart, Avis and Others for Short Driverless Rides
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Waymo to run a trial of self-driving shopping shuttles with the help of DDR Corp. and Walmart
Photo by Bloomberg Waymo, the autonomous vehicle arm of Google-parent Alphabet Inc., is dipping another toe in passenger transport, and it's getting some help from Beachwood-based DDR Corp. Beginning this summer, Waymo will begin trials with DDR and Walmart Inc. to shuttle passengers in self-driving minivans to their retail stores. It's starting small, operating only in a suburban region of Phoenix, where Waymo's already running tests, and with only select passengers invited into the free program. Yet it's a first hint of how Waymo plans to commercialize the nascent technology beyond ride-hailing.In the trials, Waymo's Chrysler vans will ferry consumers to Walmart locations after they buy items on the retail giant's website. That's coming as Walmart has prioritized e-commerce and delivery as a way to compete with Amazon.com Inc. For DDR, the real estate investment trust and shopping mall operator, Waymo will offer rides to and from one particular outlet in Phoenix, the Alphabet … [Read more...] about Waymo to run a trial of self-driving shopping shuttles with the help of DDR Corp. and Walmart
Waymo partners with Walmart to shuttle customers in self-driving cars
Hamza Shaban, The Washington Post Published 6:59 am PDT, Wednesday, July 25, 2018 Photo: Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 The hubcap of a Jaguar I-Pace with Waymo autonomous electric vehicle (EV) is seen during an event in New York on March 27, 2018. The hubcap of a Jaguar I-Pace with Waymo autonomous electric vehicle (EV) is seen during an event in New York on March 27, 2018. Photo: Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg Waymo partners with Walmart to shuttle customers in self-driving cars 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Alphabet's Waymo announced Wednesday that it will begin a pilot program with Walmart to shuttle customers to and from stores to pick up their groceries. The new initiative is part of a series of partnerships with companies to offer customers self-driving cars to run errands and shop. … [Read more...] about Waymo partners with Walmart to shuttle customers in self-driving cars
Waymo Cars Have Driven 8 Million Miles, but How Many Are Self-Driving?
However, the company still hasn't publicly demonstrated that the vehicles are truly self-driving except in very limited locations.Is a robo-taxi service, with no backup drivers, really ready to roll out that soon?The company, owned by Google parent Alphabet, tells Phoenix New Times it intends to launch a fully driverless, taxi-like service in Arizona no later than December. But that'll only cover a relatively small area.A full-scale program will come in 2020, Waymo says, with a fleet of vehicles capable of providing up to a million rides per day within a 100-square-mile radius around metro Phoenix by 2020. Even that's achieved, it'd leave about 90 percent of the roughly 1,000-square-mile metro Phoenix area unserved by the robo-taxis.Last week, Waymo's CEO, John Krafcik, touted the progress toward the goal on Twitter and in statements on Friday at the National Governors Association meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico."Waymo has self-driven 8 million miles on public roads, now at a rate … [Read more...] about Waymo Cars Have Driven 8 Million Miles, but How Many Are Self-Driving?
Waymo to trial self-driving shopping shuttles with Walmart, DDR
By Bloomberg | PUBLISHED: July 25, 2018 at 6:39 am | UPDATED: July 25, 2018 at 6:44 am By Mark Bergen | Bloomberg News Waymo, the autonomous vehicle arm of Google-parent Alphabet Inc., is dipping another toe in passenger transport. Beginning this summer, it will begin trials with Walmart Inc. and DDR Corp. to shuttle passengers in self-driving minivans to their retail stores. It’s starting small, operating only in a suburban region of Phoenix, Arizona — where Waymo’s already running tests — and with only select passengers invited into the free program. Yet it’s a first hint of how Waymo plans to commercialize the nascent technology beyond ride-hailing. In the trials, Waymo’s Chrysler vans will ferry consumers to Walmart locations after they buy items on the retail giant’s website. That’s coming as Walmart has prioritized e-commerce and delivery as a way to compete with Amazon.com Inc. For DDR, the shopping mall operator, Waymo … [Read more...] about Waymo to trial self-driving shopping shuttles with Walmart, DDR