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Waymo

A Waymo driverless vehicle drives through a tunnel | Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom

D.C.

D.C. Wants To Charge Robotaxis $6 Million. Unions Still Say No.

A proposed bill would legalize commercial autonomous vehicles in D.C. under one of the country’s most expensive regulatory frameworks, but unions still want the brakes applied.

Reem Ibrahim | 7.15.2026 2:17 PM

Toy gun and law enforcement officers outside a Waymo | Photo: San Mateo Police Department

Waymo

If You Get Drunk and Brandish a Fake Gun in a Waymo, Don't Blame the Cameras

Firing a toy gun out of a camera-covered robotaxi while underage drinking was never going to end well.

Tosin Akintola | 7.10.2026 1:50 PM

John Stossel is seen next to a steering wheel | Stossel TV

Self-driving vehicles

The War on Self-Driving Cars Will Kill People

Data show that Waymo has far fewer bodily injury and property damage claims. So why do some politicians oppose it?

John Stossel | 7.1.2026 2:55 PM

Against an electric blue background, a white Waymo vehicle faces the right, and a white Tesla vehicle faces the left. | Illustration: DPPA/Sipa USA/imageBROKER/Manuel Kamuf/Newscom

Driverless Cars

The Self-Driving Car Fight in Congress Isn't Really About Safety at All

Bootleggers, Baptists, and the fight over who gets to write America's self-driving car rules.

Andrew Miller | 5.1.2026 12:00 PM

Anti-driverless car protest sign | Michael Ho Wai Lee/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Driverless Cars

The New Luddites Want To Pump the Brakes on Driverless Cars

To fully realize human flourishing, America must embrace the future—not fear it.

Ed Tarnowski | 11.13.2025 10:46 AM

An autonomous vehicle | Photo: Waymo

Economics

2024: The Year of the Driverless Car

Waymo is expanding its autonomous taxi fleet that can carry passengers on public roads, no human driver required.

Christian Britschgi | 11.21.2024 6:00 AM

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Self-driving vehicles

Waymo Unleashes Real Self-Driving Cars in Arizona

No vehicle is truly self-driving if a "safety driver" is still sitting in the front seat

Ronald Bailey | 11.7.2017 5:10 PM

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