Waymo co-CEO Tekedra MawakanaRecent interviewsIt was pointed out that Waymo's driverless car ride service has completed more than 1000 million trips and plans to expand to more markets.
Tekedra Mawakana said that Waymo started providing unmanned autonomous driving vehicle ride services in October 2020, and has provided them around the clock for nearly five years, thereby accumulating rich experience in vehicle and service operations.
In the future, Waymo will continue to enter more markets and expand its services toMore places in the San Francisco Bay Area, including Mountain View, where Google is headquartered, as well as Los Altos, Palo Alto and Sunnyvale.
Waymo has previously provided self-driving ride-hailing services in Phoenix and Los Angeles, and later in Austin, Texas. It also announced its entry into Las Vegas and San Diego, and plans to conduct tests in cities such as Miami, Austin and Atlanta.
In addition to the United States, Waymo previously announced that it would cooperate with taxi operator Nippon Kotsu (にほんこうつう, Nippon Kotsu) and taxi app service provider GO in Japan, and would use manual driving in Chiyoda, Minato, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Chuo, Shinagawa, and Koto districts in Tokyo.test.
In addition, Waymo also announcedPartnering with Toyota
In the recentExternal StatementIn a separate announcement, Waymo announced a partnership with auto parts manufacturer Magna to build a new autonomous vehicle factory in the Phoenix metropolitan area, expanding its US manufacturing operations. The factory is expected to produce thousands of Jaguar I-PACE vehicles equipped with Waymo's fully autonomous driving technology. Waymo also stated that the 239000-square-foot factory, which will be a multi-million-dollar investment, will create hundreds of jobs in Mesa, Arizona.
