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Waymo Driverless Cars Are Coming to Chicago as Company Starts "Laying Early Groundwork"
Waymo deploys a limited human-driven fleet to manually map Chicago streets as groundwork for future autonomous ride-hailing, citing 127 million autonomous miles logged company-wide.
- On Wednesday, Waymo announced it would begin manual mapping in Chicago after briefing the mayor's office, to prepare for future operations.
- Waymo usually begins in new cities with months of manual mapping and says this activity is to 'lay the early groundwork' for national scalability, following a recent $16 billion funding round earlier this month.
- Local photos show about 10 Waymo vehicles unloading on the 100 block of West Kinzie and parked at 210 N Wells, as initial mapping concentrates east of I-90 from the South Loop to Wrigleyville.
- The mayor's office said Waymo was notified the company would 'not be presently deploying any autonomous vehicles within Chicago,' and legislative change is likely needed before driverless rides begin, as Illinois law currently does not authorize AVs.
- Federal scrutiny and past incidents mean the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a probe last year, while organized labor groups and Illinois Drivers Alliance warn of job losses and Waymo counters with safety data and Mothers Against Drunk Driving Illinois endorsement.
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Waymo to deploy in Chicago - with drivers, for now
The autonomous cab operator Waymo says it will soon begin mapping streets and evaluating driving conditions in Chicago as it considers a potential launch of its service here. Waymo’s vehicles will have drivers behind the wheel.
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Who makes the Waymos flooding American streets? China.
Governor Kathy Hochul recently slowed, but did not stop, Waymo's march into New York, blocking expansion beyond city limits while leaving the door wide open inside them.These aren't simply cars without drivers. Waymo's robotaxis are mobile intelligence machines. They map infrastructure, catalogue faces, record ambient sound, and track movement patterns across entire cities — continuously and autonomously. Unlike a fixed security camera or an app…
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