Waymo's Driverless Rides Are Hitting Freeways, Starting in These Cities

Waymo is expanding driverless rides to freeways. Starting Wednesday, passengers in San Francisco, Phoenix and Los Angeles can get to their destinations more quickly as the self-driving company opens up freeway routes to the general public. Waymo, a subsidiary of Google's parent company Alphabet, currently operates its robotaxi service in five cities, with several more to come. Until now, those fully autonomous rides -- which happen aboard the fully electric Jaguar I-Pace -- were restricted to surface street ...