Waymo Expands Robotaxi Service to Freeways in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix
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Summary
Waymo has announced it will begin offering robotaxi rides on freeways in Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco, marking a significant expansion of its autonomous vehicle services. This development comes 16 years after Google's self-driving project first tested on freeways, and represents a major milestone as freeways had remained out of reach for commercial robotaxi services until now. The expansion is expected to reduce ride times by up to 50% compared to surface street routes.
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· 3 pulledSixteen years ago, engineers working on the Google self-driving project conducted their first autonomous vehicle tests on the freeway that connects Silicon Valley to San Francisco.
But freeways, despite some of that early testing, would remain out of reach. Until today.
Waymo said Wednesday it will begin offering robotaxi rides that use freeways in Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco - an expansion that could reduce ride times by 50%.
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