Autonomous Trucks
Waymo is focusing its “efforts and investment on ride-hailing” with Waymo One being the business priority going forward. The Alphabet company today cited the “tremendous momentum and substantial commercial opportunity [it’s] seeing on the ride-hailing front.” In Phoenix, Waymo One offers paid trips, while late-stage testing in San Francisco continues. Our goal is to set our company on a solid path of value creation by focusing on achieving commercial success for our ride-hailing business in the near term. Our ongoing investment in advancing Waymo Driver capabilities, especially on freeway, will directly translate to trucking and benefit its development efforts. Besides ride-hailing and trucking, the “Waymo Driver” platform is suited for local delivery and personal car ownership where the autonomous technology is fitted on to vehicles that regular people can buy.