Sentences with phrase «driving car project»

«Look at all the people who don't have access to transportation today but still need to live their lives,» said Anthony Levandowski, head of Google's Self - Driving Car Project.

The Google Self - Driving Car Project and FCA announced today, in a first - of - its - kind collaboration, that they will integrate Google's self - driving technology into all - new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans to expand Google's existing self - driving test program.

Salesky made the leap over to the Google self - driving car project, where he eventually became director of hardware development.

The Google Self - Driving Car Project is working to develop fully self - driving vehicles that have the potential to make our roads safer and increase mobility for the millions of people who can not drive.

All was not well with Uber's self - driving car project before the fatal crash this past Sunday in Arizona, which has prompted widespread criticism of the ride - hailing giant's approach to autonomous vehicle development and forced the company to pause much of its operations surrounding the technology.

During the trial in February, lawyers for Waymo — the rebranded Google self - driving car project — painted a picture of a problem employee who clashed with his new boss over his slower, more cautious approach to self - driving cars.

Waymo is a startup that Google created for its self - driving car project late last year.

«Just imagine: You can take a trip downtown at lunchtime without a 20 - minute buffer to find parking,» Chris Urmson, the director of the self - driving car project, said on the Google blog.

Well, for the first time, it is offering ride services to members of the public.Waymo is a startup that Google created for its self - driving car project late last year.

Updated Waymo's roots stretch back to Google's self - driving car project, but now it's taken on a life of its own.

Seven years after launching its self - driving car project, Google has made significant strides in building a fully driverless car.

Google had previously been rumored to be talking to Ford about a similar deal, and in comments to USA Today, John Krafcik — CEO of the self - driving car project — said that «we're excited FCA will be the first we integrate with,» and «we will be working with many different partners going forward.»

Outside of its consumer - facing hardware products, Alphabet is known for its «moonshot» ideas including Waymo, the self - driving car project, Project Loon, the balloon project being used to supply cellular service to the disaster - stricken Puerto Rico, and Google Fiber.

«The opportunity to work closely with FCA engineers will accelerate our efforts to develop a fully self - driving car that will make our roads safer and bring everyday destinations within reach for those who can not drive,» said John Krafcik, CEO of Google's Self - Driving Car Project.

According to the 28 - page complaint filed in a California federal court (which is available below), Waymo says a former manager of the self - driving car project, Anthony Levandowski, downloaded more than 14,000 «highly confidential and proprietary files shortly before his resignation.»

Waymo, the self - driving car project of Google, filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Uber that alleges one of its former employees stole the proprietary design of Waymo's self - driving car system.

Waymo, the self - driving car unit of Alphabet, accused Uber of poaching Anthony Levandowski, the engineer who led Google's self - driving car project since 2011.

Google already has several links to Ford; the head of the self - driving car project, John Krafcik, worked for 14 years at Ford, including a stint as head of truck engineering, and several other ex-Ford employees work in the unit as well.

Krafcik, former CEO of Hyundai's U.S. operations, will be the first CEO of Google's 6 - year - old self - driving car project.

Waymo, née Google Self - Driving Car Project, now moves from Google moon shot to a fully - fledged business under parent company Alphabet.

Waymo — formerly the Google self - driving car project — stands for a new way forward in mobility.

The company, called Nuro, was founded by two former lead Google engineers who worked on the famed self - driving car project.

Perhaps, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, it seems, have another thing coming up concerning the Google self - driving car project.

Waymo, the former Google self - driving car project, is stepping up its efforts to get autonomous - driving tech ready for prime time.

May 3, 2016, Auburn Hills, Mich. - The Google Self - Driving Car Project and FCA announced today, in a first - of - its - kind collaboration, that they will integrate Google's self - driving technology into all - new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans to expand Google's existing self - driving test program.

«FCA has a nimble and experienced engineering team and the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan is well - suited for Google's self - driving technology,» said John Krafcik, Chief Executive Officer, Google Self - Driving Car Project.

The Google Self - Driving Car Project is part of X, a moonshot factory that's part of Google's parent company Alphabet.

In a major partnership announcement, the former Google Self - Driving Car Project is aligning with Jaguar Land Rover to make that company's EV SUV fully autonomous.

Waymo, the former Google Self - Driving Car Project, already has a fleet of autonomous Pacifica minivans racking up the miles.

Waymo (formerly the Google self - driving car project) will add an additional 500 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans (earlier post) to expand its self - driving program.

Source: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Press Release is on Page 2 CA Delivers 100 Uniquely Built Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Minivans to Waymo for Self - driving Test Fleet Waymo and FCA reveal first look at fully self - driving Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan Program kickoff to full vehicle assembly completed by technical teams in six months December 19, 2016, Auburn Hills, Mich. - Waymo (formerly the Google self - driving car project) and FCA announced today that production of 100 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans uniquely built to enable fully self - driving operations has been completed.

Chris Urmson, the director of Google's self - driving car project, took the stage at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas to shed some light on the circumstances surrounding the road accident caused by one of the tech giant's autonomous vehicles.

DETROIT — Google plans to test its autonomous car prototypes on northern California roads «later this year» says Chris Urmson (below, right), director of the Internet search engine giant's self - driving car project.

«NHTSA will interpret «driver» in the context of Google's described motor vehicle design as referring to the SDS [self - driving system], and not to any of the vehicle occupants,» NHTSA wrote in a letter to Google's self - driving car project director, Chris Urmson.

Even before the Google self - driving car project became a division of Alphabet and brought in auto veteran John Krafcik, executives were open about the fact they wanted automakers as partners to supply vehicles while Google would provide the latest in self - driving vehicle technology.

«When Google announced the launch of their self - driving car project, there was a great deal of excitement,» said Jeffrey Greenblatt, one of the co-authors of the study, «but nobody seemed to be looking at how these cars could impact greenhouse gas emissions.»

Google's self - driving car project has hired another senior leader in a sign that, just maybe, it is inching its way to becoming a stand - alone company and an actual real - world thing.

Chris Urmson, who has served as director of the self - driving car project, will remain its technical director with Krafcik stepping into a new CEO role.

Last August, just months after its founding, Otto was bought by Uber for $ 670 million and Levandowski was tapped to run Uber's nascent self driving car project.

SAN FRANCISCO — Google has lost the man sitting in the technological driver's seat of its pioneering self - driving car project.

Waymo, formerly the self - driving car project of Google, said that in tests on roads in California last year, its cars went an average of nearly 5,600 miles before the driver had to take control from the computer to steer out of trouble.

Google's parent firm Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) has been working to develop autonomous vehicles on its own for years, but the company's head of its self - driving car project John Krafcik said the firm has reached a point at which more partnerships would be beneficial to the project's...

«Mr. Levandowski had previously told me, in or around the summer of 2015, that he had talked with Brian McClendon, an Uber executive involved with their self - driving car project,» Pierre Yvez - Droz, an engineer at Waymo, wrote in a sworn testimony.

«Mr. Levandowski had previously told me, in or around the summer of 2015, that he had talked with Brian McClendon, an Uber executive involved with their self - driving car project,» a sworn testimony from Waymo engineer Pier - Yvez Droz reads.

When Chris Urmson announced he was leaving Google X's self - driving car project, he wrote: «If I can find another project that turns into an obsession and becomes something more, I will consider myself twice lucky.»

Perhaps the most compelling feature of the company, which is still in semi-stealth mode, is that it was co-founded by two former top executives of Google's self - driving car project: Jiajun Zhu and Dave Ferguson.

The Google self - driving car project is spinning out of the X moonshot lab and officially becoming an Alphabet company.

Google, which recently lost its chief technologist Chris Urmson, has yet to publicly announce a path to revenue for its self - driving car project.

Just days ago, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced that Anthony Levandowski, one of the pioneers of Google's self - driving car project and co-founder of self - driving trucking company Otto, would be leading all of Uber's autonomous car efforts as part of the company's acquisition of Otto.

«We're excited where we are right now,» said John Krafcik, CEO of Waymo, formerly known as the Google self - driving car project and now a separate company within Google's parent company, Alphabet.