Waymo adalengeza lero kuti wayamba kuyesa magalimoto ake odziyimira pawokha m'misewu yapagulu ku London, kuwonetsa gawo lofunikira pakukhazikitsa ntchito yamalonda ya robotaxi ku likulu la Britain kumapeto kwa chaka chino.
Kampani ya Alfabeti yakhala ikugwira ntchito mpaka pano kwa miyezi ingapo. Mu October, Waymo adawulula mapulani ake oti ayambe kuyendetsa misewu yapagulu ya London. Pambuyo pa gawo loyambirira loyendetsa pamanja kuti mupange mapu a mzinda, kuyesa tsopano kwalowa mu gawo lodziyimira pawokha. Pa nthawiyi, pafupifupi 100 Magalimoto onse amagetsi a Jaguar I-Pace okhala ndi makina oyendetsa odziyimira pawokha a Waymo a m'badwo wachisanu akutenga nawo gawo pamayeso, aliyense ali ndi woyendetsa chitetezo cha anthu kumbuyo kwa gudumu. Kuyesedwa kumakhudza gawo la pafupifupi 100 square miles kudutsa Central London.
Waymo anatero: “Boma liyenera kumalizitsa kaye malamulo ake a pulogalamu yoyeserera tisanagwire ntchito modzilamulira. Tidzagwira ntchito limodzi ndi owongolera kuti tiwonetsetse kuti ntchito yathu ikufika ku Londoners ambiri momwe tingathere.”
Dmitri Dolgov, Co-CEO wa Waymo, analemba pa LinkedIn kuti core ya kampani yoyendetsa AI imasonyeza mphamvu zowonjezera. “Kuyesa kudziyimira pawokha tsopano kukuchitika ndi akatswiri omwe ali kumbuyo kwa gudumu pomwe tikudziwa bwino zamayendedwe am'deralo ndikutsimikizira magwiridwe antchito pamisewu yaku UK - sitepe yofunika kwambiri pakutumiza anthu okwera okha.,” adatero.
Kuthandizira kukulitsa bizinesi yake, Waymo akulemba ntchito m'dera lanu ndipo akufuna kukhazikitsa malo ochitirapo magalimoto odziyimira pawokha ku London. Kampaniyo ikugwiranso ntchito ndi ntchito zadzidzidzi zakumaloko pomwe ikupanga maziko okulitsa bizinesi yake ku Europe.
Kutsatira njira yomwe Waymo amagwiritsa ntchito, kampaniyo pamapeto pake idzayesa kuyesa popanda dalaivala ndikulola antchito ake kuyesa ntchitoyo asanatsegule kwa anthu. Mapulani ake oyambitsa ntchitoyo mu 2026 pamapeto pake zimadalira boma la UK kumalizitsa njira zovomerezera izi.
Makamaka, Waymo ali kale ndi zibwenzi ku UK: Mu 2019, kampaniyo idapeza Latent Logic, kuyambika ku UK kudachokera ku dipatimenti ya sayansi yamakompyuta ku Oxford University yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito njira yophunzirira yamakina yotchedwa kutsanzira kuphunzira kupanga zoyeserera zamagalimoto zodziyendetsa nokha kukhala zenizeni.. Waymo adakhazikitsa malo opangira uinjiniya ku Oxford ngati gawo lopeza.
Waymo pakadali pano ali ndi zambiri kuposa 3,000 robotaxis mu zombo zake zapadziko lonse lapansi, ndi ntchito zamalonda zoyambira 11 mizinda kuphatikiza Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Phoenix, ndi San Francisco Bay Area. London ili pafupi kukhala msika woyamba wamalonda wapadziko lonse wa Waymo (kampaniyo ikuyesanso ku Tokyo). Makamaka, ku London, Waymo adzakumana ndi mpikisano woyambitsa makina oyendetsa galimoto odziyimira pawokha Wayve ndi Uber, Onse akukonzekera kukhazikitsa ma taxi opanda driver mu mzindawu.