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Waymo introduced immediately that its beginning fully driverless testing in Los Angeles, making it the third metropolis to see fully driverless Waymo autos.
Following a rigorous cycle of validation and security readiness analysis, @Waymo is beginning fully-autonomous (no human driver) testing in LA. Thrilled by the information confirming, as soon as once more, how nicely our ML-based Fifth-gen Driver generalizes throughout cities! pic.twitter.com/hd0XU5zecT
— Dmitri Dolgov (@dmitri_dolgov) February 27, 2023
Waymo introduced in October that LA could be its subsequent ride-hailing metropolis, after rolling out its providers in San Francisco, Phoenix and the Phoenix suburbs.
“When we think about our next cities, Los Angeles jumps out,” Waymo’s co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana mentioned in October. “LA is a remarkable, vibrant place – and Waymo’s experience leaves us best positioned to tackle its driving complexity. We’re working closely with Angelenos to ensure we’re addressing the transportation needs and priorities of their communities as we bring the Waymo Driver to LA.”
Earlier this month, Waymo hit a brand new milestone, with its autos touring over a million driverless miles. The achievement got here just some months after it expanded its service areas in each San Francisco and Phoenix.
Waymo started as Google’s self-driving automobile mission in 2009. It has greater than 700 autos in its fleet, comprising a mixture of Jaguar I-PACE EVs, Chrysler Pacific Hybrid minivans and Class 8 vans.
The firm faces competitors in San Francisco and Phoenix from Cruise, the self-driving unit of GM. Cruise introduced in December that it might be increasing its service space within the metropolis to cowl most of San Francisco.
Cruise additionally lately reached a million driverless miles, with a majority of these miles pushed in San Francisco.
Cruise has additionally lately began testing its purpose-built Origin automobile on public roads in San Francisco. Origin is a totally autonomous automobile (AV) with no entrance seat or steering wheel, designed particularly for giving autonomous taxi rides.
In LA, Waymo joins Motional, one other autonomous driving firm, in its AV testing. Motional is working with Lyft to roll out its service within the metropolis, which will likely be carried out utilizing Motional’s all-electric IONIQ 5-based robotaxis.