Mobility Solutions for Fleets
The company has been permitted to take part in the state’s autonomous vehicle passenger service pilot program, along with Zoox, AutoX, and Pony.ai.
At the City of Chandler, Ariz., employees can hail a ride with a self-driving Waymo vehicle rather than checking out a motor pool car.
The pilot program will be confined to a small area outside of Phoenix where Waymo has already been testing its autonomous technology.
The agreement is designed to bring together the strengths of each party and expand expertise by assessing market opportunities, working together to research commercial, legal and regulatory issues related to driverless transportation-as-a-service offerings in France and Japan.
“Disengagement reports” reveal how many times a human driver had to take control of a driverless car in testing in California. A few well-publicized autonomous players lagged far behind.