Tech entrepreneur Mike Johns took a Waymo driverless taxi to the Scottsdale Airport in Arizona earlier this year when his escort glitched out and drove in circles instead of towards his destination.

Still, most of the cost difference is due to Tesla building vehicles in high volumes for consumers while Waymo buys existing vehicles and retrofits them with its sensor suite in much lower volumes.

“No one from customer support would actually move the Waymo,” the woman said. A customer service worker even admitted that they were simply unable to get the cars to move. “I understa ...

Alphabet reported Thursday that Waymo, its autonomous vehicle unit ... models across geographies," and the robotaxi company is building partnerships with ride-hailing app Uber, automakers and ...