Waymo - Self-Driving Cars - Autonomous Vehicles - Ride-Hail (2024)

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What are the results of the Waymo test? ›

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)

Meet the technology behind it all

We're designing the Waymo Driver, our autonomous technology, to give people a new kind of freedom — to go where they want, when they want, while making the frustrations and concerns with driving a thing of the past.

In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that self-driving vehicles are more than twice as likely as traditional vehicles to become involved in auto accidents. According to 2015 NHTSA data: There are 9.1 crashes in driverless vehicles per million vehicle miles driven.

Through October 2023, driverless Waymo vehicles have had only three crashes with injuries—two in the Phoenix area and one in San Francisco. Waymo says all three injuries were minor. If those same miles had been driven by typical human drivers in the same cities, we would have expected around 13 injury crashes.

The front passenger seat is available for riders over 8 years old. If you're traveling with children, please bring your own child seat. Install it in an available back seat according to the manufacturer's instructions. Waymo doesn't provide car seats or booster seats.

The rides would have cost $7.09 for my 11-minute, 1.9-mile ride, and $6.86 for my other 11-minute, 1.8-mile ride. Since there's no one to tip, you save money! It started many years ago with one of these... Waymo sprang out of the Google Self-Driving Car Project we rode around in back in 2015.

Waymo robotaxi accident with San Francisco cyclist draws regulatory review. A driverless Waymo car collided with a cyclist in San Francisco on Tuesday causing minor injuries and the incident is being reviewed by the state's auto regulator.

Waymo's robotaxis have been charging for rides in Phoenix since 2020. For now, Waymo's free rides in Los Angeles will cover a 63-square-mile (101-square-kilometer) area spanning from Santa Monica to downtown.

Waymo LLC, formerly known as the Google Self-Driving Car Project, is an American autonomous driving technology company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc, the parent company of Google. U.S.

Approximately 9.1 driverless car crashes occur per million miles driven.

Will self-driving cars be safer? ›

Waymo's driverless cars were 6.7 times less likely than human drivers to be involved a crash resulting in an injury, or an 85 percent reduction over the human benchmark, and 2.3 times less likely to be in a police-reported crash, or a 57 percent reduction.

City officials have criticized the driverless cars for at times getting confused and blocking emergency vehicles, while the companies have emphasized their safety record: No one has died as a result of using the Cruise and Waymo cars, while deaths involving human drivers are on the rise locally and nationally.

With 100% fewer bodily injury claims and 76% fewer property damage claims, Swiss Re (one of the world's leading reinsurers) concluded that Waymo is significantly safer than human-driven vehicles.

After more than a year of testing, around 50 driverless robotaxis are debuting to the public across Los Angeles on Thursday. The autonomous vehicles are run by Waymo, which is owned by Google's parent company Alphabet.

Waymo stated, "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)" and "A 57% reduction or 2.3 times lower police-reported crash rate (2.1 incidence ...

Waymo's Collision Avoidance Testing is one of many complementary methods that we use to determine safety readiness for fully autonomous operations, with no one behind the wheel.

Waymo: Waymo is one of the leaders in Level 4 autonomous technology, operating its Waymo One service. This service uses Level 4 autonomous vehicles primarily for a public ride-hailing service in designated areas like Metro Phoenix, San Francisco, and is ramping up in Los Angeles County and Austin, Texas.

What is a Trusted Tester? Trusted Testers are part of a research group within Waymo One. This group may be asked to test new features and give feedback that helps us learn and improve.