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Waymo Driverless Ride-Hailing Service Will Insure Passengers Through Insurance Tech Start-Up

Waymo LLC recently announced that it will use Trov Inc., a five-year old insurance start-up, to insure riders using its driverless ride-hailing service. Waymo, which is the autonomous car unit of Alphabet Inc. (Google’s parent), is hoping to beat others in the auto and ride-hailing industry to introduce its fleet of driverless vehicles; Waymo CEO stated in November 2017 that they were...

Autonomous Vehicles and Transit

In a recent interview, the CEO of Bridgestone Americas discussed the future of autonomous vehicles. Gordon Knapp noted that “it’s going to take a long time to reach that tipping point where we’re in this ‘autonomous mecca’”—and that the shift to driverless cars would likely “play out over decades.” He also noted that driverless vehicle technology might be adopted more quickly in the...