Waymo
An American company specializing in autonomous vehicles, in particular robotaxis.
Proper noun
- An American company specializing in autonomous vehicles, in particular robotaxis.
- A man who blocked and shouted at a driverless Waymo car later brutally beat a bystander who told him to let it go, California police reported. - 2024 July 17, Don Sweeney, “Man brutally beats bystander after standoff...
Origin
Blend of way + mobility, from the company's mission statement, “a new way forward in mobility”.
Noun
- A self-driving vehicle from this company.
- “Unsafe behavior detected,” the Waymo responds. - 2024 July 17, Don Sweeney, “Man brutally beats bystander after standoff with driverless car, California cops say”, in The Sacramento Bee, archived from the original on...
- Among the most captivating scenes from the initial Los Angeles protests were the scorched Waymo cars, lined up in a row and engulfed in heavy black smoke. Some observers believe the cars were targeted because of their...
- “The Waymos are everywhere now and soon we're going to be replaced,” says Erik, who started serving passengers around Silicon Valley in his red Tesla Model 3 during the Covid-19 pandemic. - 2025 July 24, Rafe Uddin, Tim...