Such is how the Waymo presence on the streets of San Francisco has become quite normal. Later this year there could be as many as seven different models of self-driving car on the streets of San Francisco. Inside a Waymo driverless Jaguar vehicle in San Francisco. Mercedes Benz launched their autonomous driving car with quite a fanfare at the recent CES in Las Vegas. Thus raising the question: could a driverless car or taxi be the saving of a rural community?

Source: The Irish Times January 25, 2026 22:00 UTC