Author: Andrew J. Hawkins
As it nears the launch of its first commercial service, Waymo is celebrating a new milestone: 10 million miles driven on public roads. In recognition of this threshold, the Alphabet company released a video that features a lot of new footage of its cars operating without a human driver behind the wheel. In addition, Waymo’s top executive is setting realistic expectations about some of the limitations of its advanced technology.
Last November, Waymo announced it had driven 4 million miles on public roads. Then, in July, the company said it had crossed 8 million miles. At the end of August, it hit 9 million miles, so today’s announcement is clearly another sign of Waymo’s aggressive scaling as it prepares to kick off its first...
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As it nears the launch of its first commercial service, Waymo is celebrating a new milestone: 10 million miles driven on public roads. In recognition of this threshold, the Alphabet company released a video that features a lot of new footage of its cars operating without a human driver behind the wheel. In addition, Waymo’s top executive is setting realistic expectations about some of the limitations of its advanced technology.
Last November, Waymo announced it had driven 4 million miles on public roads. Then, in July, the company said it had crossed 8 million miles. At the end of August, it hit 9 million miles, so today’s announcement is clearly another sign of Waymo’s aggressive scaling as it prepares to kick off its first...
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