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Today, Waymo is excited to announce our transit rewards program, which we will initially offer in the San Francisco Bay Area, with future cities to follow. This first-of-its-kind initiative rewards riders with Waymo…
Waymo released new data claiming its robotaxis reduce injury crashes by 82%, meaning 841 fewer injuries over 241 million miles.
Today, Waymo is excited to announce our transit rewards program, which we will initially offer in the San Francisco Bay Area, with future cities to follow. This first-of-its-kind initiative rewards riders with Waymo…
Waymo released new data claiming its robotaxis reduce injury crashes by 82%, meaning 841 fewer injuries over 241 million miles.
Waymo's latest batch of self-reported data continues to affirm the company's message that its driverless cars are safer than human drivers. As policymakers continue to debate the safety and economic impact of autonomous vehicles, Waymo is hoping that its own data will help bring more supporters to its side - even as some experts say the data fails to capture the non-crash traffic disruptions caused by its robotaxis. Waymo said it examined 271 million driverless miles in five cities through the end of June, which is 50 million more miles than its last safety report . The total number of miles driven across Atlanta, Austin, Phoenix, Los Angele … Read the full story at The Verge.
Waymo has made several attempts over the years at offering transit discounts to its customers in the hopes of getting them to more frequently use the company's robotaxis to connect with a train or a bus. The Alphabet-owned company announced the latest effort today, teaming up with Visa to offer a discount on robotaxi rides when they use Waymo to connect with transit. The new incentive is being rolled out first to customers in the San Francisco-Bay Area. When riders use a Visa credit card to take a Waymo trip and public transit within 2 hours of each other, the company will automatically put a $2.85 credit on their account that can be appli … Read the full story at The Verge.