Waymo officially rebranded from the 2009 Google Self-Driving Car Project in December 2016 as a standalone company that's now part of Google's Alphabet. It signaled its commitment to developing autonomous driving technology on a large scale. The project aimed to develop a vehicle that could navigate autonomously, leveraging advancements in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and sensor technology, including LiDAR, radar, and cameras, for a 360-degree view.

In 2015, Waymo made headlines by testing its self-driving cars on public roads, accumulating millions of miles driven in various conditions. By 2018, the…