Waymo has been given the green light to test its self-driving cars on New York City streets. Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday that the tech company was awarded the first permit to start testing ...

New York City approved the testing of self-driving cars on crowded streets in Manhattan and Brooklyn — but critics want to pump the brakes on the “dangerous,” big tech-boosting plan. Mayor Eric Adams ...

Taxi and livery drivers rallied outside Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Manhattan office Monday to protest the city’s decision to allow Waymo to test self-driving cars in parts of Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn.

The move is part of a broader trend of U.S. cities and states gradually opening their roads to autonomous vehicles. Reading time 2 minutes Waymo has become the first autonomous vehicle operator to ...

The Adams administration announced Friday it has approved driverless-taxi firm Waymo’s application to test autonomous vehicles in Gotham — but the robotaxis won’t be picking up passengers anytime soon ...

Waymo, the self-driving car company backed by Google’s parent company Alphabet, has received its first permit from New York City to begin testing autonomous vehicles on city streets, officials said ...

A Waymo self-driving vehicle sits curbside, Dec. 16, 2022, at the Sky Harbor International Airport Sky Train facility in Phoenix. Credit: AP File Photo/Matt York This story was originally published by ...