Independent vehicles to hit the streets of New York City for the first time

As if New York taxi drivers were not pressed enough by Ubers and Lyfts of the World, the mayor of New York City Eric Adams announced on Friday that the New York Ministry of Transport granted Google Self -Government, Waymo, a permit to test its self -driving cars in the city. The first self -driving car will be operating inside the city.

Waymo will launch eight vehicles in New York City starting in September, and they will work in Manhattan and in the city of Brooklyn, with the possibility of expanding the other town in the future, according to what it said. CNBC. Although cars will work independently, New York Waymo will request a driver behind the steering wheel at all times if you need to intervene. Return when Wimo Submit an application for the permit in June This year, she said she would press the law change, but the company may only be able Slide To get Adams to sign it and save himself the pressure voltage.

“We are a technology friendly management and we are always looking for innovative ways to double our city.” Adams said in a press release. “New York City is proud of welcoming Waymo to test this new technology in Manhattan and Brocklin, because we know that this test is only the first step in transferring our city to the twenty -first century.” Last year, Adams Signed This would allow the test of independent vehicles in New York as part of an attempt to bring companies like Wimo to the city.

This is not the first time that independent vehicle operators have tried to make their way to the big apple. In fact, Waymo first requested permission to put the wheels in the concrete forest again in 2021, when the vehicles were brought to the city. This visit mostly consisted of manual leadership, and the company used trips to collect data about driving in ice and snow conditions and work in a populated area. Four years later, they will finally get to know whether they learned enough to work in New York City without a problem.

New York City was a white whale whale, which already works in many major markets. The company runs its service in Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Austin, claims to complete more than 250,000 flights per week. Waymo plans to expand in Atlanta, Miami, Dallas and Washington, next year, Will Add more than 2000 cars to its fleet. Entry to New York will be a coup for Waymo, but most importantly, it may give us a modern version of the famous “I am walking here!” A moment of Midnight beef shepherds.