(KRON) — Autonomous taxi agency Waymo began providing its driverless taxi service to components of Silicon Valley on Tuesday. The corporate, which is owned by Google mum or dad firm, Alphabet, will start providing rides within the South Bay, in response to a put up on its LinkedIn web page.
Beginning on Tuesday, service shall be rolled out in Mountain View, Los Altos, Palo Alto and components of Sunnyvale.
“The Waymo Driver is coming home!” Waymo’s Chief Product Officer Saswat Panigrahi stated in a put up. “So excited to start serving parts of Silicon Valley, fully autonomously, as we bring Waymo One service to more of the Bay Area.”
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Beforehand, Waymo service within the Bay Space had been obtainable completely in San Francisco. SF is considered one of only a handful of cities that additionally contains Los Angeles, Austin and Phoenix, the place the corporate’s autonomous taxis serve clients.
Now customers of Waymo’s ride-hailing app Waymo One can have 24/7 entry to driverless taxi service within the South Bay. Previous to Tuesday, Waymo service within the South Bay was solely obtainable to Waymo workers.
In accordance with The Verge, Waymo service in Silicon Valley shall be obtainable on an “invite-only basis to a select group of Waymo One customers” who’ve zip codes inside the service space. The corporate will reportedly add extra riders over time.