“I opened the Waymo app that I had just downloaded and lo, a car arrived and I climbed in.”

The New Yorker Radio Hour · Molly Fischer on Waymo, the Driverless Taxi Coming to a City Near You

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downloaded the Waymo app, requested a ride, and a driverless car arrived within minutes

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