Waymo, which runs the only self-driving ride service in the U.S., is stepping up daily cleaning of its robotic minivan fleet in Arizona and turning to hand sanitizer among other steps to ensure riders aren’t exposed to the coronavirus
... [+] when they hail one of its high-tech vehicles.
The Alphabet Inc. unit continues to offer the round-the-clock Waymo One service to 1,500 registered riders in suburban Phoenix “as usual” but is taking some new precautions, the company tells. These include “extra efforts to clean and sanitize” its fleet of hundreds of Chrysler Pacifica minivans multiple times a day and directing concerned passengers to call its rider help center information.
“Sanitizing products” are being added to every vehicle for passengers and it’s directing human safety drivers, who are still seated behind the wheel for most rides, to wash their hands frequently. Waymo is slowly increasing daily rides without those human backups, but still employs a large number of them.
Dozens of companies are developing and testing self-driving vehicles across the U.S., but Waymo was first to launch a small-scale, semi-public ride program, starting in late 2018 in Chandler, Arizona.
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