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Now, anyone with the Waymo One smartphone app will be able to request a ride around an 80-square-mile (129-square-kilometer) territory spanning the second largest U.S. city.
Meanwhile, Waymo's robotaxis have driven more than 20 million fully autonomous miles and provided more than 2 million rides to passengers without encountering a serious accident that resulted in its operations being sidelined. That safety record is a stark contrast to one of its early rivals, Cruise, a robotaxi service owned by General Motors.
Tech startup Waymo said Tuesday that it would begin offering paid robotaxi rides in Los Angeles beginning Wednesday, as the nation’s experiment with self-driving car technology picks up steam.
Waymo is one of the frontrunners of robtoaxi race, offering the public more than 100,000 rides, according to the company. Jason Henry/AFP via Getty Images GM has bowed out of the robotaxi race for ...
Ride-hailing stalwart Uber is in focus this week, as robotaxi challenges from Waymo and others may cut into its future prospects. But Uber has its own autonomous vehicle (AV) ambitions, making the ...
A Waymo robotaxi killed a dog in San Francisco while in "autonomous mode" in May 2023. [131] In February 2024, a driverless Waymo robotaxi struck a cyclist in San Francisco. [132] Later that same month, Waymo issued recalls for 444 of its vehicles after two hit the same truck being towed on a highway. [133] [134] [135]
He pointed to China as one example, where the robotaxi company Apollo Go is building "much cheaper" vehicles than Waymo's, which has raised concerns among the country's gig economy workforce.
In part to lower the cost of each robotaxi, Waymo said it has reduced the number of cameras on board from 29 to 13 and lidar sensors from five to four.