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  • Waymo taps the brakes on its autonomous-trucking project


    Autonomous Trucks

    Six years after launching its autonomous-truck program, Waymo has said it’s decided to focus more on developing its ridesharing ambitions using its self-driving cars and minivans. Customers involved in the program can use an app to call a Waymo...

  • Car: Waymo prefers robotaxis to self-driving trucks News


    Autonomous Trucks

    Google sister company Waymo is shelving the development of self-driving trucks and focusing on robotaxis. One still sees business opportunities for the truck business, Waymo emphasized in a blog entry on Thursday night. The car giant General Mo...

  • Car: Waymo prefers robotaxis to self-driving trucks News


    Autonomous Trucks

    Google sister company Waymo is shelving the development of self-driving trucks and focusing on robotaxis. One still sees business opportunities for the truck business, Waymo emphasized in a blog entry on Thursday night. The car giant General Mo...

  • Waymo Via Shifts Focus from Autonomous Trucking to Robot-Driven Passenger Vehicles


    Autonomous Trucks

    Alphabet Inc’s Waymo Via autonomous trucking unit has indefinitely delayed most of its work on self-driving trucks to concentrate on developing robot-driven passenger cars for ride-hailing services. This move positions Waymo Via among the shrin...

  • Car IQ Partners With Visa to Offer Vehicle Payment Technology


    Connected Car

    Vehicle payment startup Car IQ and digital payments giant Visa have teamed up to enable Car IQ’s in-dash vehicle wallet for purchases of fuel, tolls, parking, insurance, service, and repairs from merchants on the Visa network. Car IQ created th...

  • Is Automated & Shared Vehicle Tech a Benefit to Humanity?


    Connected Car

    In today’s featured video, Dr. Jay Richards interviews Bryan Mistele, Co-founder, President and CEO of INRIX, about the future of autonomous, connected, electric, shared (ACES) vehicle transportation systems at the 2019 COSM conference. Bryan M...

  • Patents signal: Batteries and electrification lead as tech sectors for auto industry patents


    Connected Car

    This new, thematic patents coverage is powered by our underlying Disruptor data which tracks all major deals, patents, company filings, hiring patterns and social media buzz across our sectors. Automobile battery patents and electrification pat...

  • PODCAST: Selly's Zach Klempf on independent dealers, text messaging & the Oakland A's | Auto Rema...


    Connected Car

    At the NIADA Convention last month, Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby connected with Selly Automotive founder and CEO Zach Klempf for a conversation about Selly’s merger with AutoManager last year, observations on the independent de...