WayMo begins autonomous testing in Philadelphia

Waymo has added four more cities to its list of robotaxi rollouts. The company announced Wednesday that it has begun testing autonomous vehicles (with safety monitors) in Philadelphia, and will begin manual driving to collect data in Baltimore, and Pittsburgh.

WayMo did not offer a time frame for when it plans to launch commercial services in these locations, nor do we know that the Alphabet company will partner with other companies to implement robotaxis in each robotaxis in each person. This has moved in cities like Atlanta and Austin, for example, where puppets have given Uber to advance the rollout rollout.

But the new location joins the list of 20 cities where the company is either riding, preparing for a commercial launch, or testing. WAYMO now also offers freeway rides in Los Angeles, Phoenix, and the San Francisco Bay Area. The company plans to make one million rides per week by the end of 2026.

Puppets have done all this while claiming to be able to operate at a level five times safer than humans, according to them data The company recently released.

But the expansion hasn’t come without problems. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Investigation How the company’s vehicles were implemented on school buses, after wayo was filmed around a bus stop in Atlanta in September.

This week, KXAN’s Austin Outlet Outlet published A Report Shows puppet vehicles have driven past school buses that were in the process of running or running children several times – including after puppets demanded that a software update be sent to fix the problem.