Waymo self-driving taxi in downtown San Francisco
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I rode a Waymo robotaxi for the first time last month, and now I'm hooked. Since then, I've ridden in a self-driving car five times and convinced two reluctant friends to do so. Here's how I went from hating robot cars to being a cautious friend in five weeks.
Waymo's parent company Alphabet (which also owns Google) recently launched a pilot program in San Francisco. When you were ready to call, all you had to do was download an app, much like a rideshare app, and press the call button. Within minutes, a white jaguar…
Source: www.newscientist.com
