Google Driverless Car News Today

Google announced on Wednesday, Oct. 19, it will bring Waymo, the autonomous ride-hailing service, to Los Angeles, California.

The pilot will be held in Texas. (Photo : Waymo / Screenshot taken from the official Waymo website) Waymo and J. B. Hunt Transport Services have formed a new partnership that will soon see self-driving massive rigs transporting Wayfair furniture down Interstate 45.

>> i have no problem. i think government is there to keep us safe and this is an instance where this is important. by the way, watch this. what if a robot car google driverless car gets hacked? thats the wave of the future, too. >> thats the fear, john. john would you just get rid of all these consumer safety bodies bureaucracies? >> of course i would. how do they keep us safe? >> hold on let me just -- you asked a question. would we have had seat belts and airbags without them? >> oh, yeah. the...

Like the google driverless car. >> okay. thats scary, michael, but thanks for bringing it to our attention, "forbes" executive editor, thanks for being with us this morning. >> thank you. >> back in a minute. ♪ ♪ ♪

Yet. but i think in the future theyll be able to get them to do a bunch of things. maybe you can sit in the back of your google driverless car and steer that way. something we havent talked about, the next big thing, what do you think? >> i they wearable tech is something that people are interested in. people talk about the google glass, with the screen built in that gives you personalized info. people use a lot of the health stuff with the fit bits and nike fuel band, even that samsung phone ...

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Burdette killed in a hit and run accident that wasnt investigated until drew griffin started asking questions about it. drew discovered the case while looking into a similar case from last summer. both victims were african-american, both in pinola county, mississippi. >> last summer in rural pinola county, johnny lee, a 61-year-old black man, walking far off the shoulder of this road, was deliberately run over and killed by a car carrying three white teens. driver told police he thought he hit a...

Have made them legal to test, but you have to have somebody sitting there behind the wheel just to take over. they say the technology might be ready for consumers in maybe four, five years, but i think maybe the legal stuff will take even longer. how do you insure a car like this? can you take a nap in the backseat? i think that will take a lot longer to figure out. >> oh, yeah. this sounds crazy, but do you think were soon -- this is fascinating to me, all these printers, like you can print gun...