Waymo announced Tuesday that it’s mosting likely to bring both of its cars– the Jaguar I-Pace SUV and the Zeekr van– to Denver and Seattle beginning today, the most up to date relocate an ongoing expansion throughout the United States.
The cars will be manually driven to start, before the business begins evaluating its independent tech in both cities. Waymo informed TechCrunch that it hopes to start using robotaxi journeys in Denver next year and the Seattle metropolitan area “as quickly as we’re allowed to do so.” Denver and Seattle will certainly be two of the most extreme-weather cities that Waymo is feeling out, providing it a possibility to evaluate out its technology in snow, wind, and rain that is tougher to find by in position like Phoenix.
The brand-new cities join a growing checklist of areas where Waymo is operating in the U.S. Just recently the business announced that it has more than 2, 000 robotaxis in its commercial fleet countrywide, with 800 in the San Francisco Bay Area, 500 in Los Angeles, 400 in Phoenix, 100 in Austin, and “loads” in Atlanta. Waymo has additionally introduced strategies to release a business robotaxi solutions in Dallas , Miami , and Washington, D.C., following year , and just recently got a license to begin testing in New york city City
That’s not to mention the other cities where Waymo has dipped its toes. It’s brought lorries on “journey” to locations like Philly and prepares to do the very same in Las Las Vega, San Diego, Houston, Orlando, and San Antonio.