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Waymo has opened its driverless robotaxi service to everyone in Los Angeles. This marks a significant milestone in the evolution of self-driving car technology, as Waymo has been working on its autonomous vehicle project for 15 years. The robotaxi service is now available across 80 square miles of Los Angeles County, including areas like Hollywood, Chinatown, and Westwood. Waymo has dropped the waitlist for residents in the area, meaning anyone with the Waymo One app can now book a ride in one of its driverless cars. Waymo is expanding its service area in the future to encompass all five counties in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The company says that it has completed “hundreds of thousands of paid trips” in the city and that its driverless rides have a 4.7-star rating out of five.

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• waymo.com - Waymo's official blog post announcing the full rollout of Waymo One in Los Angeles. - 9d
• Engadget is a web magazine with obsessive daily coverage of everything new in gadgets and consumer e - Waymo's driverless cars in LA County are now available to everyone - 9d
• Techopedia - Waymo Robotaxi Rides Are Now Available to Everyone in Los Angeles - 9d
• Tech Xplore - Waymo's robotaxis now open to anyone who wants a driverless ride in Los Angeles - 9d
• www.techmeme.com - Device will tap into cameras, doorbells and run Apple's apps - 9d
• @Techmeme - Sources: Apple is making a 6" wall-mounted display that can control appliances, do videoconferencing, and use AI to navigate apps, and may unveil it by March (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) - 9d
• CleanTechnica - Waymo Opens to Anyone in Los Angeles! - 9d
• SiliconANGLE - Waymo’s fleet of robotaxis is now available to anyone in LA - 9d

Classification:

• HashTags: AutonomousVehicles Robotaxis Waymo
• Company: Waymo
• Target: Los Angeles Residents
• Product: Robotaxi
• Type: AI
• Severity: Informative