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Waymo says it will open its fully driverless ride-hailing service in suburban Phoenix to the public

Waymo said Thursday that it is opening its fully driverless ride-hailing service in suburban Phoenix to the public.  Alphabet Inc.'s self-driving car unit began ferrying a select group …

Bloomberg Ira Boudway

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  • @waymo @waymo on x
    You've been asking, and now it's here: Waymo is opening its fully driverless service to the general public in Metro Phoenix. To our valued riders, take a ride and share your experience by tagging #WaymoOne! More here: https://blog.waymo.com/... https://twitter.com/...
  • @martinvars Martin Varsavsky on x
    Awesome news that probably will not be given the relevance it deserves. For the first time ever, a fleet of robotaxis opens to the general public. You download an app order an “uber” but it comes without driver https://blog.waymo.com/... bravo @johnkrafcik and @Waymo
  • @eisenberg Dave Eisenberg on x
    This is a big deal and an incredible accomplishment and happened way earlier than most people anticipated. “The future is here, just unevenly distributed” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
  • @orthereaboot Luis Carruthers on x
    Meanwhile, $tsla can't even register any autonomous test miles bc the car can't go a stone's throw without a disengagement. As time passed & companies like WayMo & Zoox get closer to public releases, the ginormous gulf between the real players & $tsla will be revealed. https://tw…
  • @teemu_roos Teemu Roos on x
    Breaking: Fully autonomous cars by @Waymo available to the general public in Phoenix including high-speed roads. After so many false starts and broken promises, I'm still a bit suspicious but if this is real, it's a huge milestone! All eyes on Phoenix. Let's hope it'll be safe. h…
  • @avgregr Greg Rogers on x
    Wow - Waymo announces that it's launching a “fully driverless” service to Waymo One riders starting today, and that it will “welcome more people directly into the service” in the next several weeks. This would be a big milestone for autonomous ride-hail. https://blog.waymo.com/..…
  • @binarybits Timothy B. Lee on x
    I'm reading Waymo's latest driverless taxi service announcement super carefully looking for caveats or asterisks, but it seems like this is the real deal! https://blog.waymo.com/...