Will Shanklin has been writing about gadgets, tech and their impact on humanity since 2011. Before joining Engadget, he spent five years creating and leading the mobile technology section for New Atlas. His work has also appeared on SlashGear, TechRadar, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, Android Central, HuffPost and others.
in the city since last August but had been working its way through a waitlist in the months since. Following Cruise’s Waymo says its cars have logged over 3.8 million driverless miles in San Francisco , and the company claims its vehicles tally “tens of thousands of weekly trips” there.that Waymo ’s fleet in the city has about 300 cars, up from around 250 in January.
San Francisco is Waymo’s second city to offer rides to the general public, following Phoenix. The service was exclusive to Waymo One members , but Waymo hasn't been without its own troubles. Earlier this month, it pushed a software update for its fleet after one of its driverless carstwo Waymo robotaxis “made contact” with the same backward-facing pickup truck
being towed. The company later said its software had incorrectly predicted the truck’s movements due to a “persistent orientation mismatch” between the towed vehicle and the one pulling it.
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