Moderation Team
In 2017, Waymo put the world’s first fleet of fully self-driving vehicles, without anyone in the driver’s seat, on public roads in Arizona. Fully self-driving vehicles are a reality today, but back in 2009, there was still an open question of whether self-driving cars were possible.
To prove that self-driving cars were viable, Waymo (then Google) set up a challenge: drive 100,000 fully autonomous miles on public roads — an order of magnitude more than had ever been driven at that time — along with ten 100-mile challenging routes. During these 100-mile routes, we drove the peaks of the Santa Cruz Mountains, the bustling streets of Monterey, CA, and even San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge. Here, we take a ride down one of the windiest streets in the world: Lombard Street, located in San Francisco. These tests gave us the confidence to pursue self-driving vehicles, and now we’re on our way to bringing this technology to everyone, everywhere.
About Waymo:
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around. With the Waymo Driver, we can improve the world’s mobility while saving thousands of lives.
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