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Waymo shows off its futuristic “transportation as a service” vehicle

November 18, 2022
Source: arstechnica.com arstechnica.com
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Waymo Waymo Waymo Waymo Waymo Waymo Geely Group Waymo is now running a robotaxi service in two states, but the vehicles for those services are retrofitted commercial cars. The company rolls around in either the "4th-gen" Waymo vehicles, built on the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid, or the "5th gen" driver, built on the Jaguar I-Pace. That's all great for enabling Waymo's service to get up and running, but these vehicles, which are full of controls and dials for human drivers, are driven by a robot that, in the long term, doesn't actually need a steering wheel or pedals. So, for the...
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