Waymo's Plan to Flood Cities with Chinese-Made Robotaxis Sparks Fears
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SCIENCE & TECH: Waymo has ordered thousands of Chinese-made cars to expand its US robotaxi fleet
Waymo has ordered thousands of Chinese-built electric vehicles to rapidly expand its nationwide robotaxi fleet – an aggressive gambit that’s stoking concerns about national security and fair competition among US lawmakers, The Post has learned. The Alphabet-owned company’s powder-blue “Ojai” vans – now on the streets of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Phoenix and aimed for Denver, Las Vegas and San Diego this fall – are a rebranded version of a v…
Waymo has ordered thousands of Chinese-made cars to expand its US robotaxi fleet — sparking security concerns on Capitol Hill
Alphabet-owned Waymo is using Chinese-built vehicles to rapidly expand its nationwide robotaxi fleet – a controversial strategy that risks drawing the ire of US lawmakers who want to ban Chinese vehicles entirely.
Waymo puts on the turbo, and for that reason, the company has chosen a fuel with the flavor... controversial. To quintuple its fleet, the American autonomous driving giant relies heavily on vehicles made in China, turning on all the red lights in Washington.
The blue "Ojai" vans of the company owned by Alphabet, which are already circulating in the streets of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Phoenix and which will arrive in Denver, Las Vegas and San Diego this fall, are a version with another brand of a vehicle manufactured by Zeekr, a unit of the Geely Holding group, linked to the Chinese Communist Party
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