Business Chief USA December 2019
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CITY FOCUS | PHOENIX<br />
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WAYMO ONE<br />
Operational for a year now, the Waymo<br />
One service operates in four neighbourhoods<br />
across the city: Chandler,<br />
Tempe, Mesa and Gilbert. A vetted<br />
group of around 1,000 local residents<br />
can use the company’s app to hail a<br />
ride from its growing fleet of autonomous<br />
vehicles, as well as give direct<br />
feedback on the service.<br />
“It’s pretty trippy when you see the<br />
fact that the car is driving itself,” said<br />
Waymo One rider Nicole Collins in<br />
an interview with CNBC. “It’s great<br />
to be a part of history, for my kids to<br />
experience - my daughter actually<br />
liked it a lot.”<br />
Riders with access to the Waymo<br />
One app can summon one of its 600<br />
vehicles 24/7 and use them to travel<br />
anywhere in the limited area that the<br />
company’s fleet has mapped. The<br />
operational area is restricted because<br />
Waymo’s fleet is only autonomous<br />
in these pre-mapped areas, and the<br />
safety of its vehicles is largely dependent<br />
on the extensive pre-existing knowledge<br />
they have of an area’s roads and obstacles.<br />
In October, Waymo announced<br />
that its vehicles had begun the process<br />
DECEMBER <strong>2019</strong>
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