Autonomous Vehicle News
Waymo published a paper today outlining a safety case for autonomous vehicles that the company says should serve as a blueprint for the entire industry. Waymo isn’t the first company to push for the adoption of a broad safety case for AVs. Aurora, which was founded by former Google self-driving car project lead engineer Chris Urmson, published its own safety case framework nearly two years ago. It’s not clear whether other competitors will follow suit and adopt its safety case. “We have arguments to back up why we think this is the right way forward.”Updated March 22nd 7:44AM ET: Updated to clarify that the paper Waymo published outlines a blueprint for a safety case, and not the safety case itself.