Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company Waymo might be planning to test a feature that will allow robotaxi riders to add a "tip" that will go to the

Prominent Tesla Inc. investor Ross Gerber has highlighted significant challenges facing the electric vehicle maker's Full Self-Driving system while praising competitor Waymo's autonomous driving technology.

Waymo said it is launching fully driverless robotaxi rides for employees in Atlanta, an important step before the company opens the service up to members

This act resulted in significant damage and is a clear indication that we need to address the growing issue of vandalism against autonomous vehicles (AVs) with urgency.

Waymo is sending autonomous vehicles to 10 new cities in 2025, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego, the company shared exclusively with The Verge.

The cars will be trying to navigate unfamiliar streets in San Diego and Las Vegas to begin with, then make the trip to at least eight other cities.

Waymo announced its first new deployment of 2025. It already has plans to launch another service in Miami later this year.

The great nightly Waymo honk-a-thon — in which the company's robotaxis erupted into a chorus of honking at night's end in a San Francisco parking lot— was resolved, then not. The backstory: Software engineer Sophia Tung set up a livestream of the parking lot that captured the robotaxis streaming in to park — and honk — for up to an hour around 4 a.

The self-driving taxi company Waymo launched in Los Angeles in November, bringing roughly 100 autonomous vehicles to neighborhoods from Santa Monica to West Hollywood.