Passengers will initially be accompanied in the back seat by a Waymo employee, but will eventually travel alone in the robotic car. The service will first be available to those who are already part of the company’s public trial already under way in Phoenix. The service marks a major step forward in the development and roll-out of fully autonomous vehicles. Waymo is a pioneer of self-driving technology and has tested its system in six states across the US, the latest being Michigan. It has more than eight years of testing under its belt, after beginning as Google’s self-driving car research project under its moonshot division, X.

Source: The Guardian November 07, 2017 17:26 UTC