Waymo has set its robotaxi sights on NYC

Waymo applied to test autonomous vehicles in New York on Wednesday, the alphabet company applied the first step in the glue regulation process to bring robotaxis to our largest city.

Jaguar I-PACE vehicles applied for a permit with the New York City Transport Department applied to operate vehicles with a human security operator behind the wheel in Manhattay. New York’s autonomous vehicle demonstration or test permit is required to seize human driver; $ 5 million insurance policy; And each test vehicle must be properly taught in the safe operation of the test tool.

The New York law is forbidden, especially in autonomous vehicles. When the work done is done when the permit is done, Waymo is far from a man’s safety operator without management – or without a human security operator.

Still, Waymo is advancing, and it is a lawyer to change a state law that allows you to run a vehicle that is not a human being behind the wheel. The company also works for NYC and State, National Federation of Deaths and Bronch Community College and trying to build a good intention in NYC and the State.

Waymo told Techcrunch that he had positive talks with MPs this year and hopes to move forward with regulatory changes. New York Law, a vehicle must have any person working At least one hand (or prosthesis) all the time in the steering mechanism. Changing these words is the key to Waymo that can eventually place the driverless vehicles.

Other companies have tried to test the NYC before, including Mobile. However, these efforts have never been annoyed by several demonstrations or pilots.

Waymo has been waiting for the mass market of NYC for years. In 2021, the company has now placed the first self-controlled vehicles in the test fleet – retired Chrysler Pacifica Minivans Manhattan manually and map and map. The company, when each vehicle will be two people, and to guide one’s driver’s activities, watching the program in real time, the other and the other, the other, and the other and the other, the other and the other and the other and the other, the other and the other, the other and the other are in real time.

Although these vehicles are equipped with all, it is never processed in autonomous mode Fifth generation Waymo driverThen which is the most relevant and advanced own driving system.

In the last four years, Waymo was scale on a large number of places. The company presents a full autonomous trip in several USA, including several US market, hearths, Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Francisco every week.