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Waymo

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141 articles decelerating

Waymo has appeared in 141 articles since 2017-02. Coverage peaked in 2025Q4 with 13 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Phoenix, San Francisco, Tesla, Google.

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141
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Velocity
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Acceleration
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Sources
27
publications
The Reunion
Travis Kalanick is launching a self-driving car company with Uber's backing and Anthony Levandowski's technology. Nine years ago, the self-driving trade secrets...

Coverage Timeline

2026-03-23
Financial Times

Addison Lee CEO Liam Griffin says London cab drivers should be protected via “a minimum price” on Waymo's and Tesla's robotaxis to prevent “predatory pricing”

2025-12-21
Mission Local 19 related

Waymo says it temporarily suspended its ride-hailing service in San Francisco during a citywide blackout, as downed traffic lights appeared to halt its vehicles

Waymo said Saturday that it was stopping service across San Francisco after numerous online videos showed its autonomous vehicles …

2025-12-06
TechCrunch 11 related

Waymo plans to issue a voluntary software recall over how its robotaxis operate around school buses following an NHTSA investigation opened in October

Waymo plans to voluntarily issue a software recall with federal safety regulators related to how its robotaxis operate around school buses …

2025-12-05
Reuters 8 related

The NHTSA asks Waymo about its self-driving vehicles illegally passing school buses, including 19 times in Texas this year, as part of a probe opened in October

David Shepardson / Reuters :

2025-06-10
Los Angeles Times 21 related

Waymo suspends downtown Los Angeles operations after at least five vehicles were destroyed during protests, but continues to operate in other parts of the city

The autonomous ride-hailing service Waymo has suspended operations in downtown Los Angeles after several of its vehicles were set …

2024-02-22
Reuters 2 related

A California regulator delays Waymo's application to expand robotaxi services to parts of the Los Angeles area and San Francisco's peninsula until June 19, 2024

Abhirup Roy / Reuters :

2023-06-30
Bloomberg 1 related

Police in San Francisco and other cities are obtaining warrants for Waymo and Cruise driverless car camera footage to help solve murders and other crimes

What is the difference between these cameras being used and police installing cameras?  —  This needs to be curtailed! Twitter: Rachel Metz / @rachelmetz : Fascinating story by @byJuliaLove about how ...

2023-01-30
NBC News 7 related

San Francisco asked California regulators to halt or scale back the expansion of Cruise and Waymo, after repeated incidents with stopped and idle robotaxis

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco is trying to slow the expansion of robotaxis after repeated incidents in which cars without drivers stopped …

2023-01-29
NBC News 5 related

San Francisco asked California regulators to halt or scale back the expansion of Cruise and Waymo, after repeated incidents with stopped and idle robotaxis

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco is trying to slow the expansion of robotaxis after repeated incidents in which cars without drivers stopped …

2022-03-01
TechCrunch 5 related

Waymo secures a permit to charge riders in San Francisco for ride-hailing trips in its autonomous vehicles with human safety operators

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch :

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Quarterly Coverage

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Waymo has appeared in 348 Techmeme articles since December 2016. The biggest stories include Uber settles Waymo suit, pledges not to use Waymo's trade secrets; Waymo to get 0.34%... and Alphabet's Waymo sues Otto and parent company Uber for trade secret theft, unfair.... Frequently covered alongside Alphabet, Google, Uber, Tesla, and Cruise. Coverage has shifted toward funding, regulation themes and away from consumer, safety.

Key Moments

2024Q2safety -10pts; consumer -38pts
2024Q3enterprise +25pts; safety +12pts; consumer -10pts
2024Q4enterprise -25pts; developer +18pts; consumer +33pts

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