Waymo’s robotaxi business is getting more ambitious.
about the future of autonomous vehicles, its robotaxi business is still going strong.
“No waitlist, no NDAs, no hours restriction, 24/7 service,” said Waymo product chief Saswat Panigrahi in a briefing with reporters. Of course, Waymo is not without its own restrictions. The company is still waiting to get thebefore it can begin to charge for rides in its rider-only vehicles in San Francisco. As such, Waymo is only offering unpaid rides to certain members of the public, as well as employees and their guests, in its driverless vehicles.
Permitting aside, the length of time it takes for Waymo to go from testing to commercial operation is shortening, Panigrahi said. For example, it took three years to go from limited testing to rider-only trips in Chandler, Arizona, while in San Francisco, it took about a year and, in downtown Phoenix, six months. This bodes well for the company’s efforts to scale up its business beyond just the two cities in which it operates, Panigrahi argued.
Panigrahi said that the company is prepared to deal with this myriad of challenges, especially as it enters increasingly competitive spaces like the . “There can be spikes,” he said. “We have some preparatory plans in place. There are definitely assets which we can bring to bear much quicker if the demand does exceed initially planned supply.”
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