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Autonomous cars are slowly becoming less dystopic and more in the real world, since companies like Waymo, the driverless arm of the Alphabet Matrix of Google, expand in more cities.
Waymo currently operates totally autonomous trips for the general public in the areas of San Francisco, Phoenix and Los Angeles through their Waymo an application. But in 2025, the company plans to add more locations to its list, and eventually opens to riders in places like Atlanta and Miami. Waymo will also be made with vehicles manually driven in 10 new cities This year, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego, according to The Verge. (Waymo did not respond to the request for comments on that update).
The autonomous walks take place aboard the Jaguar I-Pace fully electric, but in October, Waymo announced that it is associating with Hyundai To take the next generation of its technology to the SUV IONIQ 5. In the coming years, passengers will be able to convene these fully electric vehicles, without a driver behind the steering wheel, which also use the Waymo One application.
The Autonomous Technology Company is no stranger to large -scale associations. In 2024, he said it was Combining with Uber to bring Robotaxi service to Atlanta and Austin through the UBER application. From 2025, Uber will administer and send the fleet of totally autonomous vehicles of Waymo, so that he can choose a trip without a driver to embark on his trip.
Waymo says it provides more than 150,000 trips every week. I have praised several walks in San Francisco, and so unpleasant that it may seem at the beginning (especially to see a turn of the steering wheel by itself), I quickly adjusted and soon felt like an ordinary trip.
That does not mean that there has not been a setback since Waymo moves to more cities. The company’s vehicles have been involved in a handful of high profile collisions, including one with a motorcyclist in San Francisco, and another with a truck towed in Phoenix. (He I remembered and updated its software To address the problem. SF and Phoenix. “He also launched a Data center Last year, detailing efforts to improve road safety using its technology.
As Waymo continues to expand and develop its autonomous technology, here is a guide of how and where to summon the robotaxi, if it is in one of the few cities where the company currently operates its fleet.
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Greeting a trip in Phoenix
Phoenix was the First city To open the trips of Waymo totally autonomous to the public, in 2020. To take a trip, download the Waymo one apply iOS either Android – No waiting list is needed. The service operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
As a teaser of what will come in Austin and Atlanta, you can also Use the Uber application To call one of Waymo’s vehicles in Phoenix. When requesting an Uberx, Uber Green, Uber Comfort or Uber Comfort Electric, you will have the option to confirm a Waymo walk, if combined.
In addition to Health to take a walkYou can also have your Uber eats food delivered by an autonomous car. When placing an order in the Phoenix area, you can get a note that “autonomous vehicles can deliver their order.” When the car Waymo arrives, take your phone with you to open the trunk and take your delivery. You can choose not to participate during payment if you prefer that a human deliver her food.
Greeting a trip in San Francisco
San Francisco followed his example after Phoenix, implementing Totally autonomous trips at the end of 2022. He missed the waiting list in June, so anyone can simply download the Waymo One application to mount at any time. The service also operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There is currently no Uber association in San Francisco.
In August, Waymo expanded his transport service to the San Francisco Peninsula, added 10 square miles and ventured to Daly City, Broadmoor and Colma. Now it works through 55 square miles in the Bay area.
Advancing a trip in Los Angeles
In November, Waymo discarded his waiting list for Los Angeles and began welcoming all public runners through the Waymo One application. Now any interested passenger can get on the robotaxis 24 hours a day, 7 days of the week and travel almost 80 square miles from Los Angeles County, including Santa Monica, Beverly Hills and the center of Los Angeles, with plans to expand to more areas soon.
Soon: Austin and Atlanta
After more than a year of evidence In Austin, Waymo opened trips for people on his interest list there in early October. The company says it will welcome a “limited number of early riders” through the Waymo one Application, before passing the transition to the Uber application.
“Passengers will travel through 37 square miles of the city, while we prepare for our commercial launch at the beginning of next year, exclusively in the Uber application,” Waymo Posted in x In October.
That Uber association should make autonomous trips more accessible to more people. In a statement in September, Waymo’s co-zoo, Tekedra Mawakana, said: “Waymo’s mission is to be the most reliable driver in the world, and we are excited to launch this wide network and association of operations with Uber in Austin and Atlanta to bring the totally autonomous driving benefits to more riders. “
As part of the Uber Association, Uber will administer tasks such as the cleaning and repair of vehicles, while “Waymo will continue to be responsible for the tests and operations of the Waymo driver, including road assistance and certain pilot support functions,” The companies said.
In Atlanta, public passengers can see a driver without a driver through the Uber application from the beginning of 2025.
Public members in Austin and Atlanta can join a Interest list and be notified when it is time to mount.
The road ahead: Miami and future vehicles
Miami is also the following on the Waymo list, but you will have to wait until 2026 to travel there through the Waymo One application, says the company. It has been Meteorological tests In the period prior to this deployment, pointing out in a Blog“Our road trips prior to the challenging rainy conditions of the state of the Sun have been invaluable to advance our autonomous driving capabilities.”
Waymo will collaborate with Moove, a Fintech company that offers vehicle financing, first in Phoenix, where Moove will administer Robotaxi Fleet operations, facilities and load infrastructure. Both in Phoenix and Miami, “Waymo will continue to offer our service through the Waymo One application, and will continue to be responsible for the validation and operation of the Waymo controller,” said the company in a Blog.
In August, Waymo announced the sixth generation of his autonomous driving technology, whose objective is to expand the capacities of his fleet without driver. The smartest sensors are intended to help cars to sail better in extreme weather, Waymo said. The sixth generation controller will go aboard the All-electric Zeekr vehicleIt has a flat floor, more heads and leg space, adjustable seats and a steering wheel and removable pedals. Updated technology is still being tested, and the company says it will soon be available for passengers.
In October, Waymo also announced a Association with Hyundai To integrate its sixth generation controller in the SUV All-Electric Ioniq 5, which, according to a blog post, “will be added to the Waymo fleet over time.” Companies added that “they plan to produce an Ioniq 5S fleet equipped with Waymo technology in a significant volume for several years to support the Waymo One growth scale.” The tests with these vehicles will begin at the end of 2025 and will be available “in the following years.”
Currently, everyday cyclists cannot take a Waymo vehicle on roads and highways, but that can soon change. The company is testing totally autonomous trips in Something of Phoenixas seen in an exclusive video shared with CNET in May.
Waymo is working to expand its autonomous driving technology also in transport by transport, but said last year it is Reduce those efforts At the moment, concentrating on transporting Waymo One. He pointed out: “Our continuous investment in the advance of Waymo driver capabilities, especially on highways, will translate directly in transport and benefit their development efforts.”
