Autonomous Trucks
Waymo is the latest self-driving tech company to lay off staff. It’s understood a limited number of employees were let go earlier this week, following significant job cuts at parent company Alphabet, owner of Google. In October, Ford and Volkswagen ended their funding for Pittsburgh-based driverless tech company Argo AI, causing the closure of the start-up. And at the end of 2022, there were significant layoffs at autonomous trucking company TuSimple. While there is no suggestion whatsoever that the situation at Waymo is anywhere quite so stark, the job cuts reflect the expensive reality of developing driverless transport.