A Waymo Pacifica, in sunny Arizona, considered by most automakers to be a nearly ideal environment to test driverless cars. Great weather and big, wide streets are a plus.
Waymo said that it has 600 Pacificas in service now, with plans to add thousands more.
That's right, no human at the wheel.
People are amazed.
"Members of the public have been using an app to hail our self-driving cars to get to work, school, and run errands, since early 2017," Waymo said in a statement.
Admittedly, it is a bit shocking to sit in the back and watch as the car drives itself.
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And genuinely psyched about the new technology, which Google has been developing for years, racking up millions of miles.
As you can see, the large roads and cleat sunny weather throw few major challenges at the tech.
However, Waymo has also tested its vehicles in San Francisco, Michigan, and and Washington state.
It's possible to look forward to out truly driverless future. Here's a passenger using a smartphone.
And here's a passenger who's catching some shut eye.
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