Waymo, Toyota strike partnership to bring self-driving tech to personal vehicles

A Waymo self-driving car, seen with a driver, stops at a red light outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 31, 2025. Toyota previously invested in and partnered with Tesla, Elon Musk's automaker which now aims to compete with Waymo on driverless tech. Toyota sold the its stake in the EV maker in June 2017. Alphabet-owned Waymo and Toyota on Tuesday announced a preliminary partnership to explore bringing robotaxi tech to personally-owned vehicles. "The companies will explore how to lev ...