What Is Waymo? Get Aquainted With Google's Self-Driving Car

After eight years and two million miles, Google officially announced the launch of a new company dedicated solely to its self-driving cars. "We believe that this technology can begin to reshape some of the ten trillion miles that motor vehicles travel around the world every year with safer, more efficient and more accessible forms of transport," the company said in a blog post on its website Tuesday. Waymo, which stands for "a new way forward in mobility," aims to make roads safer by ending drunk and distracted driving and make cars accessible for people with limited mobility. Google completed the world's first fully autonomous trip in 2015 when a legally blind man drove through suburban Texas, relying solely on the car to pilot. "We are a self-driving technology company. We've been really clear that we're not a car company, although there's sometimes some confusion on that point," said CEO John Krafcik.