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Google’s Waymo robo-taxi service nears full autonomy approval

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Waymo, an autonomous taxi service subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Google), is nearing full autonomy approval in San Francisco. That may be about to change as the company has completed the final set of permitting paperwork that would allow it to sell fully-autonomous taxi rides in the city.

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Are Autonomous Buses the Answer for Efficient Transportation and Reducing Emissions and Fuel Consumption?

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In May 2017, Reno, Nevada, boasted that it is laying the groundwork for the industry’s first driverless bus program, launching a three-phase process to roll out a full fleet in its downtown area. China’s tech giant, Baidu, is trying to become to autonomous cars what Google’s Android has done for smartphones.