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Waymo partnered up with Zeekr awhile again to develop custom-designed robotaxi autos for Waymo’s operations. It was a little bit of a humorous partnership, since Waymo is a US firm targeted on the US market and Zeekr is a Chinese language EV startup. If that wasn’t odd sufficient in a vacuum, there has after all been the strongly anti-China stance the US has held over the previous decade, with President Trump after which President Biden after which President Trump once more slapping tariffs on China-produced merchandise.
Sooner or later, I began to marvel if we’d ever really see the Zeekr Waymo autos on the highway. Nicely, now some folks have. They’ve been testing out in San Diego, California. You possibly can watch a Reuters video of 1 testing right here.
The place will these Zeekr robotaxis first be deployed? I’d guess California, a bit additional north, however we’ll see. However apart from the rollout of this mannequin, there’s one other notable level to make. Waymo is presumably planning to launch service in San Diego as properly quickly. It simply began rolling out robotaxis in 5 new cities — Miami, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, and Orlando — nevertheless it has not introduced any plans to enter San Diego. That stated, it did embody “America’s Most interesting Metropolis” in its 2025 summer time highway journeyand on condition that the corporate already has service in Los Angeles and San Francisco (and first launched in pretty close by Phoenix), it looks like a assure that the “Birthplace of California” must be one of many subsequent launch cities. Additionally be aware that one other nickname of the town is “Metropolis in Movement!” Come on.
Other than the video linked above, listed here are another previews of the Zeekr Waymo from when it was beforehand introduced:
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