Waymo To Launch Self-Driving Car Service Within Two Months

November 14, 2018

Waymo, the Alphabet-owned autonomous car company, plans to launch its first commercial self-driving car service within two months. When the service does launch, some of its biggest customers are expected to be other businesses that want to provide rides for their own customers.

Since Waymo launched its Early Rider pilot program in Chandler, Arizona last year, a number of businesses including Walmart, Avis Budget Group and AutoNation have expressed interest in the self-driving car service, stated at The Wall Street Journal's WSJ Tech D.Live conference.

"This is a whole other channel of demand we really hadn't thought deeply about that could end up being a really significant driver of business," he said.

Waymo's initial business will be limited to the Phoenix area, Krafcik said.

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