Waymo is teaming up with Japanese taxi operator Nihon Kotsu and ride-hailing app GO to launch a fully driverless ride-hailing service in Tokyo, with public rides expected to begin in 2027. If launched ...

Alphabet’s ($GOOGL) self-driving division, Waymo, has secured its first $5 billion debt financing to help expand its robotaxi ...

This is the first time the Alphabet-owned company has turned to debt financing.

Waymo partners with GO Inc. and Nihon Kotsu to launch Tokyo's first fully driverless robotaxi service by 2027, starting with Jaguar I-PACE EVs ...

Waymo closed a $5 billion term loan on Thursday, marking the Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company's first debt financing ...

Waymo, Alphabet's driverless taxi unit, has closed a $5bn term loan, its first borrowing, from a group of major asset ...

Waymo secured its first round of debt funding from outside lenders who collectively provided $5B to help finance the company’s robotaxi ambitions. The lenders included Blackstone, PIMCO, Sixth Street, ...

Waymo, GO, and Nihon Kotsu plan Japan’s first fully driverless commercial taxi service in Tokyo by 2027, with a phased rollout of up to about 100 Level 4 autonomous vehicles accessible via the GO and ...

Waymo upsizes its debut debt deal to $5 billion, backed by PIMCO and Blackstone, to fund global fleet expansion and soaring AI costs.

Japan currently requires a human being to be in the driver’s seat, regardless of the vehicle’s level of autonomy Read more at The Business Times.

Waymo robotaxis will launch in Tokyo, Munich and Singapore, taking Google's driverless ride-hailing service into Asia and Europe by 2028.