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According to Gizmodo, Waymo is now offering rides to the public in self-driving shuttles. Known as Waymo One, the autonomous taxi service is slowly starting to roll-out, but the company is proceeding carefully. For now, Waymo One will only serve the Phoenix-area in Arizona, by allowing hundreds of residents to use the shuttles in an early rider program. People who participated with the service during testing have been given access to a phone app that works like a ride-sharing service. Users simply log-on to the app and request a ride from a Waymo minivan. But the vans are not entirely autonomous right now, because a Waymo employee will be seated behind the wheel to supervise the vehicle.
According to Business Insider, Waymo launched its commercial autonomous taxi service. Called Waymo One, the self-driving shuttle service rolled out in Phoenix, Arizona. The service will initially be open for early riders who have been testing the system. Using Chrysler Pacifica minivans, the service will still have a driver in the front seat to supervise the autonomous vehicles. John Krafcik, Waymo's CEO, said that self-driving technology is new to many people, so the company is proceeding carefully with their commercial roll-out.
Alphabet Inc's Waymo autonomous vehicle group will begin testing a self-driving car program for hundreds of families in Phoenix, Arizona and is buying 500 Chrysler minivans to do so, the companies said on Tuesday. Waymo, which along with Google is owned by Alphabet Inc(GOOGL.O), recently has been quietly testing the service for a handful of families, learning what potential customers would want from a ride service, the company said in a blog post.
People have reportedly been vandalizing autonomous vehicles in Arizona that are operated by Waymo. The Google spin-off owned by Alphabet says that more than 20 incidents of vandalism on the vehicles have occurred since Waymo arrived in Arizona in 2017. The attacks on Waymo vans have involved escalating crimes from slashed tires to a man pointing a gun at the vehicle. Reports also include drivers attempting to run the vehicles off the roads. A Waymo spokesperson told Gizmodo "safety is at the core of everything we do". In response to reports of incidents involving its vehicles, Waymo characterized the events as “extremely rare”.
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