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  • Waymo puts the brakes on self-driving trucks program


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    Waymo is tapping the brakes on self-driving trucks and shifting most of its capital, resources and talent to one commercial bet: ride-hailing. Despite this shift, Waymo says its partnership with Daimler Truck North America to develop an autonom...

  • Waymo ‘laser-focusing’ on expanding Waymo One ride-hailing service


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    Waymo is focusing its “efforts and investment on ride-hailing” with Waymo One being the business priority going forward. The Alphabet company today cited the “tremendous momentum and substantial commercial opportunity [it’s] seeing on the ride-...

  • Waymo pushes back its self-driving truck efforts to focus on ride hailing


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    Waymo now plans to "push back" its driverless trucking efforts and shift its attention toward its One ride-hailing service. The move will help the company concentrate on making these self-driving taxis a "commercial success," according to co-CE...

  • Congress urged to revive long-stalled debate about regulating self-driving vehicles


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    Currently AV manufacturers can deploy a maximum of 2,500 self-driving vehicles for testing, provided they have permission from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. AV advocates have complained that the limits represent a bottlene...

  • Congress Urged to Revive Long-Stalled Debate About Regulating Self-Driving Vehicles


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    Political Cartoons View All 1090 ImagesCurrently AV manufacturers can deploy a maximum of 2,500 self-driving vehicles for testing, provided they have permission from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. AV advocates have complain...

  • Waymo Via to Focus on Ride-Hailing Over Autonomous Trucking


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    Waymo, the self-driving unit owned by Alphabet Inc., is slowing the development of autonomous trucking that’s being done by its Via subsidiary. “With our decision to focus on ride-hailing, we’ll push back the timeline on our commercial and oper...

  • How to Maximize Trailer Cargo Space [Video]


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    In this video, you'll learn how Kinedyne can help you increase the carrying capacity for trailers in your fleet. This episode of HDT's Leadership Insights is produced in partnership with, and sponsored by, Kinedyne. There are only so many squar...

  • Congress Urged to Revive Long-stalled Debate About Regulating Self-driving Vehicles


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    Currently AV manufacturers can deploy a maximum of 2,500 self-driving vehicles for testing, provided they have permission from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. AV advocates have complained that the limits represent a bottlene...