Waymo will start testing its autonomous vehicles on Arizona highways this month, the companyannouncedMonday.
It began offering driverless rides aroundmetropolitan Phoenixvia the Uber app in October.
The expansion onto highways comes at a time when autonomous vehicles are facing increased scrutiny.
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Kyle Vogt, the CEO and co-founder of the GM-backed company, promptlyresigneda month later.
Waymo seems to have the best autonomous technology of the bunch, but it has problems too.
This one not smart yet.
Not good, said the bus driver.
In another instance, a Waymo vehicle made a left turn in front of a moving bus.
In California, it turns out that these self-driving cars actuallycant get traffic ticketslike humans do.
Soon, youll be able to catch a ride on the highway driven by a robot.
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