Waymo: Geographic Expansion
Waymo is expanding autonomous ride-hailing service from 11 current US cities to 18+ additional markets including Las Vegas, San Diego, DC, Denver, Detroit, Chicago, and international cities (London, Tokyo). However, company is pausing freeway rides and suspending service in 6 cities due to software defects and construction-zone navigation issues.
Source: computerworld.com.au
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Head of Safety & Compliance, Regional Operations Directors, Software Engineers (autonomous navigation/construction zone handling), Safety Engineers, City Affairs/Government Relations leads, Service Recovery & Customer Operations managers
Market context: the MitchelLake Talent Market Index reads 108.5 — Hot (+10.8 vs prior month); Americas signal share is easing (-9.8pts).
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