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Waymo introduced that it’s increasing its service space in each San Francisco and Phoenix. The firm additionally introduced that it’s now giving totally autonomous, rider-only rides between Downtown Phoenix and the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
Riders can hail a Waymo robotaxi on the forty fourth Street and Washington PHX Sky Train Station in Downtown Phoenix at any time of day. Waymo beforehand introduced the service in November, however on the time rides would come with an autonomous specialist within the driver’s seat.
A map of Waymo’s service space in Downtown Phoenix. | Source: Waymo
In Downtown Phoenix, Waymo greater than doubled its rider-only service space. The firm started providing rider-only rides to Trusted Testers in Downtown Phoenix in August.
A map of Waymo’s service space in San Francisco. | Source: Waymo
In San Francisco, Waymo can now supply totally autonomous rides in a big portion of town, together with each neighborhood alongside the 17-mile Crosstown Trail. Waymo has been providing rides within the metropolis since August 2021, and started providing totally autonomous rides in March 2022.
“Our progress in two of the most popular ride-hailing cities in the country is accelerating,” Saswat Panigrahi, Chief Product Officer at Waymo, stated. “As we add more neighborhoods and vehicles to our service in San Francisco and Phoenix, we’re excited to bring the safety and mobility benefits of round-the-clock autonomy to more people in more places.”
Waymo started as Google’s self-driving automobile undertaking in 2009. It has greater than 700 automobiles in its fleet, which is made up of a mixture of Jaguar I-PACE EVs, Chrysler Pacific Hybrid minivans and Class 8 vehicles.
The firm faces competitors in San Francisco from Cruise, the self-driving unit of GM. Cruise introduced immediately that it might be increasing its service space within the metropolis to cowl most of San Francisco.
However, simply days in the past, NHTSA introduced that it’s opening an investigation into the autonomous driving system powering Cruise’s robotaxis. In a submitting, NHSTA stated it was thinking about two totally different points that had been reported to the administration that each consequence within the robotaxis changing into hazards for others on the street.