Autonomous Trucks
Waymo is pausing its efforts to develop autonomous truck technology to refocus on ridehailing services instead. Waymo’s trucking unit, also known as Waymo Via, sat alongside its Waymo One robotaxi division. But the news seemed especially bad for the trucking division, with sources telling TechCrunch that Waymo Via was on the chopping block. Waymo plans to continue to work with Daimler (the parent company of Mercedes-Benz) on the development of a driverless truck. The company also plans to continue development of its Driver product as a system that can be scaled to different types of vehicles (no longer specifically trucks).