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Waymo One opens to the public in Los Angeles

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On Tuesday, Waymo announced in a press release that its Waymo One self-driving taxi service is now open to anyone in LA, offering its ride-hailing services 24 hours a day. ” The company also announced that it will be the Official Ride-Hail Partner of the LA Auto Show running from November 22 to December 1.

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

Baua Electric

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. The cars currently only work in certain geofenced areas that have been well-mapped by Waymo, in Phoenix, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

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TIME names InductEV’s wireless EV charging solution a 2024 Best Invention – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

InductEV targets commercial transport sectors such as ports, drayage, freight, municipal buses, airport vans, middle-mile vehicles, etc. A partnership with Volvo for wirelessly charged taxi fleets in Gothenburg and Oslo.

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Amazon’s Zoox robotaxis to drive faster, farther, at night in Las Vegas – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The moves are modest compared with Alphabet’s Waymo, which this week announced a plan to begin a taxi service in Los Angeles, on top of the existing markets of San Francisco and Phoenix, where it already ferries passengers in its retrofitted autonomous Jaguars.

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

Baua Electric

In total, the area covers approximately 63 square miles – a larger area than Waymo’s 47mi² San Francisco service area, but much smaller than the 180mi² area that Waymo operates in in Phoenix. 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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Waymo Jaguar I-Pace Lets Passengers Aboard

Get Electric Vehicle

While San Francisco was one of Waymo’s early testing sites, it is lagging behind the Phoenix metropolitan region in terms of autonomous ride-hailing commercialization. Because in 2017, Waymo began providing rides to Phoenix residents and though the company didn’t make considerable money, the program is said to be a success.

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What is a self-driving car?

Baua Electric

Waymo’s Hyundai Ioniq 5 self-driving taxi Level 5 : Fully autonomous robotaxis The pinnacle of self-driving cars takes the driver out of the equation entirely. In July, GM canceled its Cruise Origin robotaxi service that had logged the most miles of any robotaxi service yet in limited public trials in Phoenix and San Francisco.

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