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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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The Dream Of The Flying Taxi Will Never Truly Die

InsideEVs

Plus, more news on Fisker's dealership pivot and why Google's Waymo is reaching "verb" status.

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Waymo driverless rides to reach seven new Bay Area cities

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Waymo, the driverless ride-hailing company owned by Google parent company Alphabet, is now looking to begin testing in a number of new cities in the San Francisco Bay Area, following the company’s approval to expand gained earlier this year.

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Boeing Wisk-ed away with Larry Page’s eVTOL – to the tune of $450 million

Electrek

Wisk Aero, the California-based eVTOL company from Google co-founder Larry Page, recently announced a $450 million funding boost from The Boeing Company to further develop its Cora, an electric VTOL aircraft that the company plans to get type-certified with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as an autonomous, all-electric, air taxi.

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Did You Make Your Connecting Flight? You May Have A.I. to Thank.

Baua Electric

It’s like Google maps, but in the air,” explained Vikram Baskaran, vice president for information technology services at the carrier. The airline estimates it saves 17 hours a day in taxi time and 1.4 as a virtual parking attendant could save up to 20 percent of taxiing time, with the highest benefits seen at the largest airports.

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Waymo approved to expand operations in California, with some backlash

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Waymo, the self-driving startup owned by Google parent company Alphabet, has been approved by a California agency to expand operations to Los Angeles, after previously only serving the city of San Francisco within the state. “This wouldn’t be possible without the ongoing support of our riders, community partners, and policymakers.

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Gravity to implement 500 kW EV charger ‘trees’ on US streets to grow network larger than Tesla’s

Baua Electric

At that time, Gravity was already teasing plans to open the “only true fast-charging site in Manhattan” to support the taxis and local EV owners. This technology caught the eye of Google Ventures (GV), which led to a successful seed funding round for an undisclosed amount a month later. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.