"In San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Austin, and Atlanta, it's no longer surprising to see a car and think, No one's driving that. Waymo, the autonomous driving subsidiary of Alphabet, Google's parent company, operates a robotaxi service self-driving cars that commercially accept passengers in all of these cities. The service will soon be rolled out in two more; Washington and Miami. None of the vehicles have a safety driver."
"Tesla is challenging Waymo with a different approach, which would be cheaper if it can reach the same level. Although it hasn't achieved that goal yet, because it requires a large amount of data. The Alphabet subsidiary claims that its self-driving cars have already traveled more than 32 million kilometers (almost 20 million miles). Waymo relies on a fusion of sensors such as LiDAR, radar, and cameras. They are more expensive sensors, but they achieve greater precision. They also use fairly comprehensive high-precision maps."
Multiple U.S. cities now host robotaxi services that operate without safety drivers, with Waymo active in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Austin, Atlanta and soon Washington and Miami. Tesla has run limited self-driving trials in Austin and San Francisco. Uber partnered with Pony.ai after selling its own technology. Waymo reports over 32 million kilometers driven and uses fused LiDAR, radar, cameras and high-precision maps for greater accuracy. Tesla emphasizes camera-based perception and real-time image processing to make driving decisions, aiming for a lower-cost solution that requires far more data to match Waymo’s performance.
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