CARS AT A GLANCE
WAYMO
Waymo is a self-driving technology development company. It is a subsidiary of Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc.Waymo originated as a project of Google before it became its own subsidiary in December 2016
Waymo is currently running a trial of an autonomous ride-hailing business in Phoenix, Arizona. The company has announced that the service will be available for public use by the end of 2018.
Google's development of self-driving technology began in 2009 at the company's secretive X lab run by co-founder Sergey Brin.[2] The project was originally led by Sebastian Thrun, former director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and co-inventor of Google Street View. Thrun's team at Stanford created the robotic vehicleStanley, which won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge and its US$2 million prize from the United States Department of Defense.[3] The team developing the system consisted of 15 engineers working for Google, including Chris Urmson, Dmitri Dolgov, Mike Montemerlo, and Anthony Levandowski who had worked on the DARPA Grand and Urban Challenges.[4
WAYMO
Waymo is a self-driving technology development company. It is a subsidiary of Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc.Waymo originated as a project of Google before it became its own subsidiary in December 2016
Google's development of self-driving technology began in 2009 at the company's secretive X lab run by co-founder Sergey Brin.[2] The project was originally led by Sebastian Thrun, former director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and co-inventor of Google Street View. Thrun's team at Stanford created the robotic vehicleStanley, which won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge and its US$2 million prize from the United States Department of Defense.[3] The team developing the system consisted of 15 engineers working for Google, including Chris Urmson, Dmitri Dolgov, Mike Montemerlo, and Anthony Levandowski who had worked on the DARPA Grand and Urban Challenges.[4
As of 2018, Waymo had tested its system in six states and 25 cities across the U.S over a span of more than 9 years.[38][40] Among the first places Google began testing its self-driving cars in 2009 was San Francisco Bay Area.[48] Google's vehicles have traversed San Francisco's Lombard Street, famed for its steep hairpin turns, and through city traffic. The vehicles have driven over the Golden Gate Bridge and around Lake Tahoe.[4] The system drives at the speed limit it has stored on its maps and maintains its distance from other vehicles using its system of sensors.[49] It has since expanded its areas of testing.[38]
In August 2012, the team announced that they had completed over 300,000 autonomous-driving miles (500,000 km) accident-free, typically having about a dozen cars on the road at any given time.[50] Four U.S. states had passed laws permitting autonomous cars as of December 2013: Nevada, Florida, California, and Michigan.[51] A law proposed in Texas would establish criteria for allowing "autonomous motor vehicles".[52][53
Top selling cars 2018
The car sales report for May 2018 has been released. The second month of the fiscal year, 2018-19, saw Maruti Suzuki still topping the list. India has always been a huge market for automotive companies, especially budget cars. The recent news which proves this is the collaboration between Maruti Suzuki and Toyota. The two brands aim to widen their target audience both on the budget as well as the premium segment.
| Rank | Model | Sales Figures |
| 1 | Maruti Dzire | 24,365 |
| 2 | Maruti Alto | 21,890 |
| 3 | Maruti Baleno | 19,398 |
| 4 | Maruti Swift | 19,208 |
| 5 | Maruti WagonR | 15,974 |
| 6 | Maruti Vitara Brezza | 15,629 |
| 7 | Hyundai Creta | 11,004 |
| 8 | Hyundai Grand i10 | 10,939 |
| 9 | Hyundai Elite i20 | 10,664 |
| 10 | Maruti Celerio | 10,160 |
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