Waymo's approach involves deploying fewer than ten manually driven vehicles in each city for a couple of months.
Waymo said it is launching fully driverless robotaxi rides for employees in Atlanta, an important step before the company opens the service up to members
Autonomous ride-hailing services will be tested in San Diego, Las Vegas and other cities that will be announced later.
Waymo is planning on bringing vehicles to ten new cities in 2025, according to a report by The Verge. This new testing phase starts in Las Vegas and San Diego. These won’t be pure robotaxis, as they’ll have a manual operator.
After testing the Waymo Driver in multiple cities, the company says the tech is adapting successfully to new environments, leading to the expansion.
Google-backed Waymo moves ahead with expansion plans in a number of US cities in 2025, after a successful 2024 that saw 150,000 robotaxi rides every day. Amazon-backed Zoox is gearing up to expand service in Las Vegas this year with its proprietary shuttle without manual controls, offering conference-style seating to several passengers at once.
Waymo is sending autonomous vehicles to 10 new cities in 2025, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego, the company shared exclusively with The Verge, reports Andrew Hawkins. The vehicles will be manually driven,
Shares of Uber and Lyft fell Wednesday amid a report Alphabet's Waymo plans to expand autonomous vehicle operations to 10 more cities in 2025.
Waymo, the autonomous vehicle company, announced it will soon begin testing its fleet of self-driving cars in Las Vegas.A spokesperson said vehicles will return
Investing.com -- Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL ), has disclosed plans to expand its autonomous vehicle testing to ten new cities in 2025. The initiative kicks off with Las Vegas and San Diego, the company exclusively revealed to The Verge.
Alphabet-owned Waymo plans to test its autonomous taxis in cities including Las Vegas and San Diego this year.