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Title: Waymo's driverless cars in LA County are now available to everyone

Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:32:37 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/transportation/waymo...

Waymo has announced expanded availability of its driverless rideshare service
throughout Los Angeles. ThatΓÇÖs right. Waymo One is now available to all
customers anywhere in LA county, which is 80 square miles. The company has
dropped the waitlist for area residents. Now LA residents will get to
experience sitting in endless traffic with a series of cameras and
navigational algos leading the way instead of a person.

This expanded service starts today and it offers ΓÇ£fully autonomous ridesΓÇ¥
at any time of the day or night. LetΓÇÖs hear it for some drunken late night
bonding with an algorithm. Waymo also says itΓÇÖll further expand the service
area in the future. After all, Los Angeles comprises five counties.

ItΓÇÖs been offering driverless rides to LA customers for a while now, but
with a mandatory waitlist. Waymo One also started small in San Francisco and
Phoenix before announcing similar expansions. The service will be coming to
Austin and Atlanta in the near future.

All told, the company says over 300,000 Los Angeles residents have joined the
waitlist for the service and Waymo One has completed ΓÇ£hundreds of thousands
of paid trips across the city.ΓÇ¥ Waymo says these driverless rides are also
highly rated, with an average rating of 4.7 stars out of five. A recent
survey indicated that 98 percent of customers are satisfied with the service.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/transportation/waymo...
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