Link: Waymo to test in 10 new cities in 2025, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego

Waymo is expanding its autonomous vehicle testing to 10 new cities in 2025, including Las Vegas and San Diego. The company aims to assess how its self-driving system adapts to different environments and local driving habits.

These tests are crucial for adapting Waymo's technology to diverse weather conditions, traffic patterns, and street layouts.

Las Vegas presents unique challenges with its dense traffic and complex street designs, while San Diego offers a setting similar to Waymo's existing markets.

The objective is to enhance the system's generalizability, reducing the need for extensive local testing before launching services. This approach aims to streamline the expansion of their robotaxi operations.

Waymo's tests will focus on busy commercial areas, using less than 10 vehicles to gather significant data over a few months. These efforts are part of a broader strategy to refine the system's response to local peculiarities without extensive retraining.

The company is also proactively engaging with city officials to facilitate these tests, although specific additional cities and the total miles planned have not been disclosed. #

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