Paresh Dave | ReutersDespite General Motor's decision to shutter its Cruise robotaxi business earlier this month, the U.S. has never been closer to a driverless future.
Courtesy imageWaymo pulls way ahead What began as "project chauffeur" at Google in 2009 became a publicly available, commercial robotaxi service across multiple U.S. cities this year.
The forum also dissected instances when Waymo vehicles were involved in collisions or backed up traffic.
Some early riders have described the look of the Zoox vehicles as "futuristic hot dog toasters" or "toasters on wheels."
An early entrant in the U.S. robotaxi market, Cruise grounded its driverless operations in October 2023, shortly before Vogt's departure.
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