The Waymo-Zeekr robotaxi has come to San Francisco

Waymo has started testing a new robotaxi built by Chinese electric automaker Zeekr on public roads in San Francisco. Waymo has “less than a handful” of the Zeekr vehicles in San Francisco today and isn’t driving them autonomously yet. Still, the fact that Waymo has hit the roads with a roomier, custom-built robotaxi signals the next phase of the Alphabet-owned company’s autonomous vehicle technology journey. The public testing milestone has been several years in the making. Waymo first announced plans to bu ...