Waymo tau tshaj tawm hnub no tias nws tau pib sim nws cov tsheb tsis muaj zog ntawm txoj kev pej xeem hauv London, kos npe rau ib kauj ruam tseem ceeb rau kev pib ua lag luam robotaxi kev pabcuam hauv tebchaws Askiv tom qab xyoo no.
Lub tuam txhab Alphabet tau ua haujlwm rau lub sijhawm no tau ntau lub hlis. Lub Kaum Hli, Waymo tau tshaj tawm nws cov phiaj xwm pib tsav tsheb ntawm London txoj kev pej xeem. Tom qab thawj theem ntawm phau ntawv tsav tsheb los qhia lub nroog, qhov kev sim tau tam sim no nkag mus rau theem autonomous. Nyob rau theem no, kwv yees 100 tag nrho cov hluav taws xob Jaguar I-Pace tsheb nruab nrog Waymo lub thib tsib-tiam autonomous tsav system tau koom nrog hauv kev sim, txhua tus nrog tus neeg ua haujlwm kev nyab xeeb hauv qab lub log. Kev ntsuam xyuas npog thaj tsam ntawm kwv yees 100 square mais thoob plaws hauv nruab nrab London.
Waymo hais: “Tsoom fwv yuav tsum xub ua kom tiav nws cov kev cai mus sib hais ua ntej peb tuaj yeem ua haujlwm tau zoo. Peb yuav ua haujlwm ze nrog cov neeg tswj xyuas kom ntseeg tau tias peb cov kev pabcuam mus txog Londoners ntau npaum li sai tau.”
Dmitri Dolgov, Co-CEO ntawm Waymo, tau sau rau ntawm LinkedIn tias lub tuam txhab tseem ceeb tsav AI qhia tau hais tias muaj peev xwm ua tau zoo. “Kev ntsuas kev ywj pheej tam sim no tab tom ua haujlwm nrog cov kws tshaj lij tom qab lub log thaum peb paub cov nuances hauv zos thiab ua haujlwm tau zoo ntawm UK txoj kev - ib kauj ruam tseem ceeb rau kev xa mus rau tus neeg caij tsheb nkaus xwb,” nws hais.
Txhawb nqa nws txoj kev lag luam nthuav dav, Waymo nquag ntiav neeg ua haujlwm hauv zos thiab npaj yuav tsim ntau lub chaw pabcuam tsheb thauj mus los thoob plaws London. Lub tuam txhab tseem tab tom ua haujlwm nrog cov kev pabcuam thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev hauv zos vim nws tsim lub hauv paus los nthuav nws txoj kev lag luam hauv Tebchaws Europe.
Ua raws li Waymo qhov kev xa tawm zoo tshaj plaws, the company will eventually conduct driverless testing and allow its own employees to try the service before opening it to the public. Its plan to launch the service in 2026 ultimately depends on the UK government finalizing its approval process for such operations.
Qhov tseem ceeb, Waymo already has ties to the UK: Hauv 2019, the company acquired Latent Logic, a UK startup spun out of Oxford University’s computer science department that uses a form of machine learning called imitation learning to make self-driving car simulation more realistic. Waymo launched an engineering hub in Oxford as part of the acquisition.
Waymo currently has more than 3,000 robotaxis in its global fleet, with commercial operations spanning 11 cities including Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and the San Francisco Bay Area. London tau npaj los ua Waymo thawj lub khw lag luam thoob ntiaj teb (lub tuam txhab tseem tab tom sim hauv Tokyo). Qhov tseem ceeb, hauv London, Waymo yuav ntsib kev sib tw los ntawm lub zos autonomous tsav tsheb technology startup Wayve thiab Uber, ob qho tib si tseem npaj yuav pib ua haujlwm tsis muaj tsheb tavxij hauv nroog.