Waymo to launch autonomous ride-hailing service in London subsequent 12 months

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Earlier this 12 months, Waymo began gathering knowledge in Tokyo, Japan and testing its autos operated by human drivers in cooperation with Japanese taxi agency Nihon Kotsu and with Go, which operates a cell app for hailing taxi rides.

In London, Waymo stated it’ll collaborate with automobile financing agency Moove because it prepares for the rollout, and is actively participating with native and nationwide regulators to safe vital approvals.

Waymo autos at the moment are on the best way to London, the place security drivers will begin testing the autos earlier than totally autonomous operations start subsequent 12 months, a Waymo spokesperson stated.

Waymo presently serves greater than 250,000 paid journeys each week with about 1,500 autos in U.S. cities corresponding to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Arizona, Atlanta, Georgia and Austin, Texas.

Waymo has partnered with Moove to deal with its fleet operations, services and charging infrastructure in Phoenix and subsequent 12 months in Miami, Florida.

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