What to Know - Waymo said they’re ready to move forward with service in D.C. after driving and mapping 300,000 miles during two years of testing. - Waymo said it is about to build new maintenance facilities in Ward 5 and Ward 7 to take care of their vehicles. The company said that will bring hundreds of jobs to the area. - A Waymo representative acknowledged that D.C. has “unique” factors including motorcades and security infrastructure. “The reality is the Waymo driver is proven to be generalizable in a number of urban environments,” he said. - A final vote on self-driving taxis in D.C. is expected this fall. Waymo and competitors including Uber and Lyft sat down before the D.C. Council on Monday for a hearing on the future of autonomous vehicles in the District. Stream NBC4 newscasts for free right here, right now. Outside the Wilson Building, union members said many human drivers will lose their jobs if D.C. gives self-driving taxis the green light. ”We’re talking about Uber and Lyft drivers, taxi drivers, truck drivers and transit workers. And we think that’s unfair,” said Jaime Contreras with SEIU. Waymo? Hell no!” and “Driverless is dangerous,” signs held by supporters said. Leaders from Uber, Lyft and Tesla showed up to explain how Waymo would affect them. Waymo staff took issue with what some said. ”If we want to talk about driver earnings, I think we would be remiss if we did not point out the fact that there are companies seated at this table today who control how much earnings drivers take home, and we have seen reports as of recent that these companies are taking nearly 40% of those earnings,” Matt Walsh with Waymo said. Uber leaders answered. “One AV [autonomous vehicle] takes the work of four drivers,