Waymo to begin testing driverless robotaxis on San Francisco freeways
GOOGAlphabet(GOOG) TechCrunch·2024-08-13 00:58

Waymo plans to start testing its fully autonomous vehicles with no human safety driver on freeways in the San Francisco Bay Area this week. Its employees will be the first guinea pigs. For those who didn’t already know, Waymo got the approval from California regulators to charge for autonomous rides on the freeway back in March, so this is a step towards achieving that. The move comes as Waymo – flush with an additional $5 billion investment from Alphabet – pushes to expand in SF. Last week, Waymo added ano ...