Articles about Self-driving cars

Stars on the ceiling, Cher on the speakers: Notes from our first ride in Amazon’s Zoox robotaxi

Amazon’s Zoox robotaxi is now offering free rides on the Las Vegas Strip. We took a spin to see how the purpose-built autonomous pod performs, and how it compares with Waymo. Read More

GM-backed Cruise begins testing self-driving cars in Seattle to learn from hilly, wet environment

Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company backed by General Motors, will begin testing its cars in Seattle on Monday, the company… Read More

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The road ahead for autonomous vehicles: Aurora CEO Chris Urmson on the future of cars and trucks

Fully autonomous vehicles are closer to commonplace than you might expect, as cars and big rigs gain the ability to… Read More

Last chance to register for the GeekWire Summit, this Thursday and Friday in Seattle and online

The agenda is set, the speakers are ready, and we’re looking forward to seeing hundreds of you for the GeekWire… Read More

Waymo to test its latest self-driving car technology on the wet, wide streets of Bellevue, Wash.

Winter is coming, and Waymo is here for it. Specifically, the autonomous driving company is in Bellevue, Wash., where it… Read More

‘We’ve literally run out of human beings’: Robots rise in wake of pandemic and labor shortages

PITTSBURGH — Looking out the window of the Boeing 737 this week after landing at Pittsburgh International Airport, gateway to… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Tech pay, cloud trends, Kraken, and self-driving cars, with Qumulo CEO Bill Richter

Everyone is closely monitoring the implications of remote work as we emerge from the pandemic, so it’s no surprise that… Read More

Amazon’s Zoox will test its autonomous driving technology in Seattle’s ‘different driving culture’

Zoox, the robotaxi company acquired by Amazon last year, will start testing its autonomous driving technology in Seattle for the… Read More

Back to the ‘Future Innovators’: 5 years later, kids adjust to an evolving and turbulent world

Five years ago, budding 11-year-old Seattle scientist Rebecca Yeung was launching a homemade spacecraft high above Earth. The exploits with… Read More

Why experts say the Pacific Northwest is a ‘perfect laboratory’ for autonomous technology

The hype cycle for autonomous vehicles may have slowed down after the March 2018 fatal accident involving a self-driving Uber… Read More

Uber reportedly wants to acquire Seattle computer vision startup Mighty AI to bolster self-driving tech

Uber is reportedly eyeing Seattle startup Mighty AI as an acquisition target. Three anonymous sources tell The Information that Uber… Read More

Drivent exits stealth mode with suite of products to encourage self-driving car adoption

Eric Wengreen and Wes Schwie are engineers and entrepreneurs who were searching for an opportunity to build something meaningful after… Read More

Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils his Robotaxi concept for a self-driving rideshare fleet

Tesla’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, laid out a vision for a huge fleet of self-driving electric vehicles that owners could… Read More

Bellevue accelerates self-driving transit plans as Amazon moves major team from Seattle

For more than a year, transportation wonks and city officials have been working to turn Bellevue, Wash., into a smart… Read More

Lumotive's William Colleran and Gleb Akselrod

How Lumotive will put metamaterials in self-driving cars, with Bill Gates’ backing

BELLEVUE, Wash. — A succession of spinouts supported by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has taken an unorthodox technology known as… Read More

GM’s Cruise self-driving car venture plots a course to get Seattle team up and running

The Seattle “tech talk” sponsored this week by GM’s autonomous-vehicle subsidiary, Cruise Automation, had all the hallmarks of a recruiting… Read More

GM shifts its president, Dan Ammann, to the CEO position at Cruise Automation

General Motors has shuffled its executive team to put its president, Dan Ammann, into the CEO spot at its autonomous-vehicle… Read More

GM’s Cruise Automation self-driving car venture plans Seattle office with up to 200 engineers

Cruise Automation, General Motors’ autonomous-vehicle subsidiary, says it’s getting ready to open up an office in the Seattle area that… Read More

4 tech trends from the Seattle International Auto Show, and why self-driving cars aren’t one

This year, the Seattle International Auto Show will feature more than 700 cars, including many that are not available for… Read More

I-5 stretch running through Pacific Northwest is the best route for self-driving trucks, INRIX study finds

When we envision our self-driving future, cars with built-in entertainment systems buzz us to and from work, while flying Ubers… Read More

Mysterious Oregon startup Azevtec raises $8M for self-driving ‘zero-emission vehicle systems’

A furtive autonomous vehicle startup out of Bend, Ore. has raised $8 million from undisclosed investors. Azevtec confirmed the investment to GeekWire… Read More

Police say Uber ‘safety’ driver was streaming TV show before self-driving car hit and killed woman

Police in Tempe, Ariz., have determined in a new report that the safety driver behind the wheel of a self-driving… Read More

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi touts flying cars and ride-hailing company’s turnaround

Uber executives are providing an update on their plans to put flying cars in the air by 2020, with commercial… Read More

Study estimates traveling with Uber and Lyft will be cheaper than owning a car in some cities by 2027

The cost of owning a car could be more than traveling exclusively with rideshare services in Seattle and Denver by… Read More

TLDR: Uber CEO still believes in self-driving cars, ESPN’s new streaming service, RED iPhones

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi: self-driving cars today are ‘student drivers,’ will ultimately be safer than humans

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he is personally overseeing a “top-to-bottom” audit of the company’s safety procedures for self-driving cars,… Read More

Self-driving car startup Aurora speeds forward with $90M, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman joins board

Aurora, a newcomer in the race to develop self-driving vehicles, put a little fuel in the tank today as the… Read More

SEEVA raises $2M and hires former Toyota exec to help self-driving cars navigate tricky weather

Autonomous driving technology is improving rapidly but self-driving cars still struggle in poor weather conditions. SEEVA sees that as a… Read More

Zipcar, Uber and 13 other transportation tech companies establish vision for future cities with Pittsburgh and Paris

Back in June, Pittsburgh and Paris were unwittingly connected by a comment from President Donald Trump defending his decision to… Read More

Uber CEO expects self-driving cars to start picking up passengers in 18 months. Flying cars? 5-7 years

The last generation of kids who will need to learn to drive has already been born, as far as Uber… Read More