The CPUC signed off on the Google sibling’s request to offer its driverless robotaxi service outside of San Francisco
The California Public Utilities Commission on Friday gave Waymo the green light to expand its driverless robotaxi service to Los Angeles and much of the Peninsula.
The company intends to expand its service incrementally and to “work closely” with community leaders and local officials as it does so, spokeswoman Julia Ilina said in an emailed statement. San Francisco balks at Cruise settlement offer SF MTA is urging the CPUC to reject Cruise’s proposal and do its own investigation
CPUC’s move comes amid growing controversy about autonomous vehicles’ fitness to be on public roads. Waymo began charging for driverless robotaxi rides less than seven months ago, immediately after the commission approved it and Cruise’s applications to begin offering such service. The commission later suspended Cruise’s offering following an accident in which one of the company’s vehicles ran over a woman and dragged her 20 feet.
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