Zoox chooses Washington DC as its next autonomous vehicle testbed
The Amazon-owned company will start by mapping public streets of the nation’s capital before testing begins later this year.
The Amazon-owned company will start by mapping public streets of the nation’s capital before testing begins later this year.
One of Waymo’s first enterprise customers is Carvana.
Waymo has spent years locked in back-and-forth negotiations with SFO, the biggest airport serving its home base of Silicon Valley.
Tesla can now test its autonomous vehicle technology on public streets in Nevada, but it still has steps to take if it wants to offer paid rides like in Austin, Texas.
But it’s not quite a commercial service just yet. These rides are free — for now.
Lyft is trying to carve out a presence in the autonomous vehicle market. But the ride-hailing company still lags far behind Uber.
Momenta is one of 20 global AV partners that Uber has scooped up across its ridehail, delivery, and freight businesses. Uber says those partnerships have already generated an annualized rate of 1.5 million mobility and delivery.
It’s the first airport in California that Waymo will offer rides to and from. The company’s been active at the Phoenix airport for nearly two years.
Add another two cities to the growing list where Waymo is looking to deploy its robotaxis. The company will start with manual testing but is eyeing a commercial launch in both cities.
It may seem like a great place to test Tesla’s driver assistance tech, but the underground convention center shuttle program will stay human-driven for a while.