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Waymo expands its LA & SF service areas, with Austin coming soon

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Waymo is adding to its driverless taxi service areas in both Los Angeles and San Francisco, and is currently testing in Austin in advance of offering rides to the public soon. And in Austin, the service is not yet ready, but Waymo has said that it will come “ later this year ,” which the company reiterated today.

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Waymo starts fully autonomous rides in LA tomorrow; Austin later this year

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Waymo has announced that it will start offering fully autonomous ride-hailing services to the general public in Los Angeles starting tomorrow, March 14th, and that Austin, Texas will open up “later this year.” Waymo’s coverage area in Austin is 43 square miles, and it has already started testing autonomous, but for Waymo employees only.

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China is testing more driverless cars than any other country – ET Auto

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A fleet of 500 taxis navigated by computers, often with no safety drivers in them for backup, buzz around. The company that operates them, tech giant Baidu, said last month that it would add another 1,000 of the so-called robot taxis in Wuhan. Baidu also has a joint venture with Zhejiang Geely, called Jiyue, to make robot taxis.

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Zoox is expanding autonomous robotaxi rides to new US cities

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This week, the company announced plans to start testing in Miami, Florida, and Austin, Texas, as it looks to begin commercial ride-hailing operations in the cities it’s already established in. This past March, Zoox offered an update to its robotaxi taxi operations in its current cities, expanding operational hours and routes.

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Elon Musk claims Tesla robotaxi will be as cheap as the bus, does the math work?

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Musk claims that Tesla’s autonomous taxi service will be similarly priced as a bus ticket. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. Does the math work? For example, New York City’s Metrocard, which covers both local buses and subways, cost $132 per month.

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Tesla to spend almost $2 billion on components from India this year

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The information came during an auto event in New Delhi, and the purchases could nearly double the roughly $1 billion in auto parts Tesla purchased from India in 2022. located in Fremont, California, and Austin, Texas. Tesla plans to source between $1.7 What are your thoughts?

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Survey shows Americans don’t trust self-driving cars. They also don’t know you can’t buy one.

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“As advances in autonomous vehicle technology continue, auto companies and insurance companies will need to resolve a number of challenges, from helping people feel safe on the road to navigating new insurance implications, like who is at fault in an autonomous vehicle incident.”

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