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Two popular ride-sharing companies are now preparing to offer a new feature: Driverless taxis.
Uber and Lyft are currently training staff on how to maintain it autonomous vehicles ahead of its public release in the coming months.
Uber customers in Atlanta and Austin, Texas will be able to hail one of these driverless rideshares through the app when it goes live.
There have been concerns about the effectiveness of these Waymo driverless vehicleswith software errors that cause repeated touches in a San Francisco parking lot last August.
In 2023, activists targeted them robotaxis campaign with a conedisabling sensors with traffic cones to disrupt industry.
In December, a man was on his way to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport has posted a video on LinkedIn showing his Waymo vehicle go in circles due to failure.
Waymo told NewsNation that the problem has since been fixed with a software update and the man was only delayed for about five minutes.
The vehicles debuted in Los Angeles in 2023 and are a common thing in traffic. Customers in California and Arizona can order a cab using the Waymo One app.
Both Uber and Lyft are developing robo-taxi partnerships to offer driverless rides in the future and get a cut from those fees.
Tesla is expected to join the race in the future, while Amazon is testing its own driverless vehicle called Zoox.
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