' ... Google announced that it is spinning off its self-driving car unit Waymo, allowing it to focus on developing technology, rather than making its own cars ... intends to license it to automakers and trucking companies ...'
% IMO So, what is it with after the year 2015: just about anything insane can be said or done, and no one stops or corrects that? Well bottom line: Google is not going to produce those little nEVs for sale in the future (I wonder which Goog manager made that decision?). But seriously, 'Waymo' as a product name?!? Now that CA voters have allowed dope(cannabis) consumption, is that the state the Goog team was in when they came up with the product name Waymo? Perhaps the name is in reference to way-points as used by a GPS device. Or they were trying to bring some old street slang, as in way-more (mo-fo). Or they were trying to leverage off the well-known name of toy manufacturer Wham-O. In any case, their product name (like GM's Volt, Bolt dolt naming) is lame-o. Below is only a short of the many links on this topic. % http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=198833 Google's Waymo successfully takes blind man around Texas 2016-12-14 Google announced Tuesday that it is spinning off its self-driving car unit Waymo, allowing it to focus on developing technology, rather than making its own driverless cars. Waymo is now the self-driving car unit under Google's parent company Alphabet, and on Tuesday's announcement, it also said that its autonomous car successfully drove a blind man named Steve Mahan around Texas last year. The achievement is even more significant in that the vehicle lacked not only a secondary passenger capable of assisting Mahan, but also a steering wheel and pedals. And now that Waymo will be looking to partner up with automakers and sell on its technology, more developments are expected to be made in driverless cars, hopefully allowing daily use of autonomous cars for average people in the near future. [© The Korea International Broadcasting Foundation] ... http://www.tylerpaper.com/TP-News+State/260704/steve-mahan-who-is-legally-blind-successfully-traveled-around-austin-alone-in-googles-driverless-car Steve Mahan, who is legally blind, successfully traveled around Austin, alone, in Google's driverless car 13 December 2016 https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Google+Waymo&fr=uh3_news_web_gs&fr2=p%3Anews%2Cm%3Asb Google's self-driving car program is now Waymo: what does that ... The Car Connection-11 minutes ago Pushing Waymo out from the nest of Google's research lab X and into a proper Alphabet-owned company says a lot about Waymo itself and about Alphabet's ... Google spins off self-driving car technology into new company Waymo Curbed-43 minutes ago For years, Google has been at the forefront of self-driving car technology, even ... off the Self-Driving Car Project into a new independent company, Waymo, ... Christian Science Monitor Google's Waymo successfully takes blind man around Texas Arirang News-49 minutes ago Google announced Tuesday that it is spinning off its self-driving car unit Waymo, allowing it to focus on developing technology, rather than making its own ... Waymo ahead: Google kick-starts self-driving company Catch News-1 hour ago Google is set to deliver a self-driving car unit and it's waymo than just a car. Yes, Google's self-driving car unit is getting its own separate entity called Waymo ... Waymo — Google's Self-Driving Division Spins Off (Within Alphabet ... CleanTechnica-1 hour ago Google's (Alphabet's) self-driving vehicle division has become its own independent company, known as Waymo, those in charge revealed at a recent press ... Google launches Waymo and moves closer to self-driving cars wtkr.com-1 hour ago Google is spinning off its self-driving car program into a separate company called Waymo. Waymo CEO John Krafcik said Tuesday that its autonomous driving ... now available, Google rolls out Waymo video - CNET CNET-2 hours ago In today's top tech news, Apple releases its AirPod wireless earbuds, Google spins off its self-driving car division and driverless Uber cars are headed straight for ... Google spins off driverless car unit – Say hello to Waymo evertiq.com-2 hours ago For nearly eight years Google working on solving one part of the factors ... “Today, we're taking our next big step by becoming Waymo, a new Alphabet business. AirPods now available, Google rolls out Waymo CNET UK-2 hours ago AirPods now available, Google rolls out Waymo. 1:13 14 December 2016. In today's top tech news, Apple releases its AirPod wireless earbuds, Google spins off ... Google's self-driving car project gets a new name: Waymo WTAE Pittsburgh-2 hours ago Waymo is within Google's parent company, Alphabet, which was created last year to oversee far-flung projects that have nothing to do with Google's main ... (+many more links) ... https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lameo lameo ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wham-O#Products_and_marketing Wham-O For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.0catch.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Lameo-product-names-Goog-s-Alphabet-rebrands-auton-tech-as-Waymo-tp4684832.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
