On its first day of operations in Charlotte, a Waymo robotaxi was also involved in its first accident in the city — a minor collision in uptown.
While Waymo taxis eventually will be driverless, there was a human trainer in the car at the time of the incident, which was not Waymo’s fault, a company spokesman told The Charlotte Observer Friday.
Waymo rolled out its plans Wednesday morning for bringing its driverless taxis to Charlotte, part of an expansion plan for the company owned by Google parent Alphabet. In Charlotte, Waymo plans to initially have its vehicles operated by human drivers as they map and learn the city’s streets…