Inside self-driving Waymo ride as company looks to expand to highways

Published at : 18 Dec 2025

The future of driving could mean no one behind the wheel -- at least that's what the autonomous driving tech company Waymo is hoping. To shift that goal into high gear, the company has started testing its self-driving cars on fast moving highways. Kris Van Cleave went along for a ride.

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