Waymo may be more familiar to people as the Google Self-Driving Car project, now its an actual tech, taxi and transportation company that carries passengers in San Francisco, Phoenix, and LA.
Waymo to begin testing in Seattle
Geekwire is reporting they will soon begin testing 10-12 cars in various areas of Seattle with their self-driving tech. Geekwire says seveal models will be among the test cars:
“Waymo will be testing electric Jaguar I-Pace SUVs and EVs from Zeekr, a Chinese automaker under the Geely Holding parent company, which also owns Volvo. Karp described the Zeekr EVs as “adorable little blue boxes.”
Due to Seattle’s wetter climate, these cars will have what’s called sixth-generation Waymo wet-weather technology.
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However, don’t get your hopes up about getting a taxi anytime soon. Even if Waymo’s testing goes as or even better than planned, it will be some time before such service can start…