Why some self-driving startups reject Google’s “moonshot” approach

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Self-driving startups are becoming an endangered species | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/03/self-driving-startups-are-becoming-an-endangered-species/ 4 comments
Sidewalk-robot startup celebrates 1 million deliveries | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/01/sidewalk-robot-startup-celebrates-one-million-deliveries/ 0 comments
Are we ready to recycle the “rare earths” behind an energy revolution? | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/?p=1688027 0 comments

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Even self-driving leader Waymo is struggling to reach full autonomy | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/12/waymos-lame-public-driverless-launch-not-driverless-and-barely-public/ 203 comments
The End of Starsky Robotics. In 2015, I got obsessed with the idea… | by Stefan Seltz-Axmacher | Starsky Robotics 10–4 Labs | Medium https://medium.com/starsky-robotics-blog/the-end-of-starsky-robotics-acb8a6a8a5f5 156 comments
Robotaxi permit gets Arizona’s OK; Waymo will start service in 2018 | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/02/robotaxi-permit-gets-arizonas-ok-waymo-will-start-service-in-2018/ 76 comments
Google’s Waymo risks repeating Silicon Valley’s most famous blunder | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/02/googles-waymo-risks-repeating-silicon-valleys-most-famous-blunder/ 10 comments
Elon Musk announces another price hike for “full self-driving” package | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/07/elon-musk-announces-another-price-hike-for-full-self-driving-package/ 5 comments
How self-driving shuttles could enable car-free living in the suburbs | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/10/how-self-driving-shuttles-could-enable-car-free-living-in-the-suburbs/ 3 comments
Self-driving car startup Zoox is raising $500 million at a $3.2 billion valuation | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/17/self-driving-car-startup-zoox-is-raising-500-million-at-a-3-2-billion-valuation/ 2 comments
This self-driving startup built a “car without wheels” for remote driving | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/07/heres-what-one-startup-does-when-its-self-driving-cars-get-stuck/ 0 comments
Driverless delivery startup Nuro raises almost $1 billion | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/02/driverless-delivery-startup-nuro-raises-almost-1-billion/ 0 comments
Waymo self-driving trucks are hauling gear for Google data centers | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/waymo-moves-beyond-driverless-taxis-with-trucking-program/ 0 comments
Waymo’s ambitious plans for high-speed taxis could be holding it back | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/12/waymos-ambitious-plans-for-high-speed-taxis-could-be-holding-it-back/ 0 comments
Apple buys self-driving startup Drive.ai just days before it would have died - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/25/18758820/drive-ai-self-driving-startup-shutting-down-apple 0 comments