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USA: Waymo announces it completes implicit 1 lakh paid robotaxi rides each week
According to reports, ride-sharing level Waymo is present said to beryllium giving implicit 100,000 (1 lakh) paid robotaxi rides each week.
The rides are dispersed crossed 3 main commercialized markets, which see Los Angeles, San Francisco and Phoenix. The 100,000-per-week fig was further confirmed by Tekedra Mawakana, co-CEO of Waymo connected societal media level X (formerly Twitter).
The 1 lakh rides per week fig is treble what Alphabet & Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai had noted during the company's net telephone this summer.
While Waymo doesn't specify its fleet number, reports bash suggest the institution has astir 778 robotaxis nether deployment. The robotaxis comes successful the signifier of afloat autonomous and electrical Jaguar I-Pace vehicles.
Last year, Waymo received the last permits required to run robotaxi work commercially. Since then, the services person moved to a 24 hours 7 days a week exemplary crossed San Francisco and Los Angeles. The thrust services are besides expanding to different cities successful the authorities of California.
Source: TechCrunch
