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Joel Johnson, a YouTuber that calls himself JJRicks Studios, captured the incident on camera from the backseat. The Alphabet company has been testing its autonomous vehicles in the Phoenix area since 2017 and the YouTuber has been recording Waymo rides for over two years. The company offers ride-hailing services with a safety driver on board, as well as rides without human backup in a 50 square-mile service area. About 12 minutes into the ride, the car attempted to turn into a lane that had been blocked off with construction cones. Mid-turn it stopped and the rider called an online tech for h...

Waymo’s chief financial officer Ger Dwyer and its head of automotive partnerships and corporate development Adam Frost — two longtime executives at the autonomous vehicle company — are leaving this month, departures that comes amid some executive shuffling following CEO John Krafcik’s exit earlier this year. Dwyer and Frost’s departure was shared internally this week, […]

Waymo was once again a winner in Guidehouse Insight's ranking of the top autonomous-vehicle companies. Tesla was not.

What Waymo’s new leadership means for its self-driving cars Self-driving cars still have a bumpy road ahead Ben Dickson is the founder of TechTalks. He writes regularly about business, technology and politics. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook (show all) Ben Dickson is the founder of TechTalks. He writes regularly about business, technology and politics. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car subsidiary, is reshuffling its top executive lineup. On April 2, ...

Krafcik leaves Waymo after 5 years as CEO Krafcik leaves Waymo after 5 years as CEO Mawakana, Dolgov elevated to co-CEOs After five years as CEO of autonomous technology company Waymo, John Krafcik is stepping down. Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov will succeed Krafcik as co-CEOs of the Mountain View, Calif.-based Google subsidiary, Krafcik said in a LinkedIn statement Friday. Mawakana and Dolgov currently serve as Waymo chief operating officer and chief technology officer, respectively. "My time leading Waymo has been the capstone of my career," Krafcik said in a blog post. "Together, we'v...