UWaymo umemezele namuhla ukuthi isiqalile ngokusemthethweni ukuhlola izimoto zayo ezizimele emigwaqweni yomphakathi eLondon, ukumaka isinyathelo esibucayi sokwethula insizakalo yerobhothi yezentengiselwano enhlokodolobha yaseBrithani ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka.
Inkampani ephethwe yi-Alphabet isisebenzele kulo mzuzu izinyanga. Ngo-Okthoba, UWaymo udalule izinhlelo zakhe zokuqala ukushayela emigwaqweni yomphakathi yaseLondon. Ngemva kwesigaba sokuqala sokushayela ngesandla ukuze wenze imephu yedolobha, ukuhlolwa manje sekungene esigabeni sokuzimela. Kulesi sigaba, cishe 100 izimoto zikagesi zeJaguar I-Pace ezihlome ngesistimu yokushayela ezizimele yesizukulwane sesihlanu ye-Waymo ziyabamba iqhaza ekuhlolweni, ngayinye ino-opharetha wokuphepha komuntu ngemuva kwesondo. Ukuhlola kuhlanganisa indawo ethize 100 amakhilomitha-skwele ngaphesheya kweLondon.
Kusho uWaymo: “Uhulumeni kufanele aqale aqedele imithetho yohlelo lwakhe lwesivivinyo ngaphambi kokuthi sisebenze ngokuzilawula ngokugcwele. Sizosebenzisana eduze nabalawuli ukuqinisekisa ukuthi isevisi yethu ifinyelela abantu baseLondon abaningi ngangokunokwenzeka.”
Dmitri Dolgov, I-Co-CEO ye-Waymo, ubhale ku-LinkedIn ukuthi umgogodla wenkampani wokushayela i-AI ukhombisa amakhono aqinile okukhiqiza. “Ukuhlola okuzenzakalelayo manje kuyaqhubeka nochwepheshe abaqhuba isondo njengoba siba ngompetha bamanuances endawo futhi siqinisekisa ukusebenza emigwaqweni yase-UK - isinyathelo esibalulekile ekusetshenzisweni kwabagibeli kuphela,” wathi.
Ukusekela ukunwetshwa kwebhizinisi layo, UWaymo uqasha ngenkuthalo endaweni futhi uhlela ukusungula izikhungo zesevisi yezimoto ezizimele kulo lonke elaseLondon. Le nkampani iphinde isebenze nezinsizakalo eziphuthumayo zendawo njengoba yakha isisekelo sokwandisa ibhizinisi layo eYurophu.
Ukulandela isu elijwayelekile lika-Waymo lokuthumela, inkampani ekugcineni izohlola ngaphandle kokushayela futhi ivumele abasebenzi bayo ukuthi bazame insiza ngaphambi kokuyivulela umphakathi. Uhlelo lwayo lokwethula insizakalo 2026 ekugcineni kuncike ekutheni uhulumeni wase-UK uphothula inqubo yakhe yokugunyaza imisebenzi enjalo.
Ngokuphawulekayo, U-Waymo usevele unobudlelwano ne-UK: Ku 2019, inkampani ithole i-Latent Logic, isiqalo sase-UK siphume emnyangweni wesayensi yamakhompiyutha wase-Oxford University esebenzisa uhlobo lokufunda ngomshini olubizwa ngokuthi ukufunda ngokulingisa ukwenza ukulingisa imoto ezishayelayo kube ngokoqobo ngokwengeziwe.. UWaymo wethule ihabhu lobunjiniyela e-Oxford njengengxenye yokutholwa.
Njengamanje uWaymo unokuningi 3,000 i-robotaxis emikhunjini yayo yomhlaba wonke, ngokusebenza kwezentengiselwano 11 amadolobha ahlanganisa i-Atlanta, Austin, e-Los Angeles, Phoenix, kanye neSan Francisco Bay Area. ILondon isilungele ukuba yimakethe yokuqala yezohwebo yamazwe ngamazwe kaWaymo (inkampani iphinde ihlole eTokyo). Ngokuphawulekayo, eLondon, U-Waymo uzobhekana nokuncintisana nenkampani yokuqala yobuchwepheshe bokushayela i-autonomous driving, i-Wayve ne-Uber, womabili aphinde ahlela ukwethula izinsiza zamatekisi angashayeli ngokugcwele edolobheni.