Google Gets There First: Autonomous Cars On The Road

Google’s self-driving car project, Waymo, has become the first
to launch completely autonomous cars, free of humans behind the
wheel, on the road. Waymo’s CEO, John Krafcik said yesterday at a
conference in Portugal that the company had been testing the
driverless vehicles on Arizona roads for the last couple weeks and
will soon start offering taxi services using these cars. These cars
will drive subscribers to Waymo’s Early Rider program within a
100-square-mile area in Chandler, a Phoenix suburb, and there will
be a Waymo employee…

Google’s self-driving car project, Waymo, has become the first
to launch completely autonomous cars, free of humans behind the
wheel, on the road. Waymo’s CEO, John Krafcik said yesterday at a
conference in Portugal that the company had been testing the
driverless vehicles on Arizona roads for the last couple weeks and
will soon start offering taxi services using these cars. These cars
will drive subscribers to Waymo’s Early Rider program within a
100-square-mile area in Chandler, a Phoenix suburb, and there will
be a Waymo employee…