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Google Waymo launching paid self-driving car service in Phoenix in 2018 and California ;;;
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangWaymo will launch the first commercial program in Phoenix within months.
They have applied California regulators to begin testing without safety drivers. The commercial self-driving in California will likely start in 2019.
Waymo is buying 62,000 plug-in hybrid Pacifica minivans and 20,000 electric I-Pace SUVs over the next few years.
Waymo has self-driving commercial Peterbilt Class 8 semi trucks. Google Alphabet is testing the commercial trucks in Atlanta to move equipment between their own buildings.



