Autonomous Trucks
Waymo is tapping the brakes on self-driving trucks and shifting most of its capital, resources and talent to one commercial bet: ride-hailing. Despite this shift, Waymo says its partnership with Daimler Truck North America to develop an autonomous truck platform will remain intact, albeit at a slower pace. Other partnerships related to the trucking program have ended, including ones with UPS and J.B. Hunt. The trucking program accelerated in 2019 with a return to Arizona and eventually an expansion into Texas. Waymo currently operates a commercial ride-hailing service known as Waymo One in Phoenix and its many suburbs, including Scottsdale and Tempe.