According to CNN, Waymo has reduced late-night use of the lot that has been the source of the most complaints, reduced the ...

Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet, Google's parent company, has introduced a groundbreaking service in Phoenix, Arizona, allowing teenagers as young as 14 to ride in robotaxis without adult supervision.

The Bay Area hit Waymo with close to 600 traffic citations in 2024. The approximately 300 Waymo cars on San Francisco streets are known to occasionally block traffic and park in prohibited areas.

Economic pressures also weigh heavily on Waymo’s future. With their cutting-edge AI technologies and sensors, each Waymo car is eye-poppingly expensive: more than $120,000, analysts estimate.

The trial opening Monday in San Francisco federal court comes nearly a year after Google spin-off Waymo sued Uber, accusing it of ripping off key pieces of its self-driving car technology in 2016.