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Waymo

Janeese Lewis George | Illustration: Romuald Meigneux/SIPA/Newscom/Council of the District of Columbia

Waymo

Presumptive D.C. Mayor Janeese Lewis George Demands Halt to Waymo Legalization To Protect Drivers' Jobs

The socialist D.C. council member is wrong to assume that autonomous vehicles will reduce employment.

Christian Britschgi | 10.16.2026 12:55 PM

A Waymo vehicle | Andreistanescu/Dreamstime

Automation

The People Fighting Technology That Could Save Thousands of Lives

Automation will destroy some jobs—and create others.

Veronique de Rugy | 7.23.2026 11:40 AM

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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