Waymo LLC is planning to test its autonomous vehicles in 10 new cities, starting with Las Vegas, the company told the Verge on Wednesday. At the same time, Waymo said the testing does not necessarily precede the launching of commercial robotaxi service.
"So what we’re looking for is places that are going to challenge our system and look very, very different. Las Vegas is pretty interesting because, I mean, if you’ve ever been to Vegas, it’s pretty unique among a lot of US cities,” Nick Rose a product manager for Weymo said.
Ten vehicles will participate in the testing and will be manually driven for a period of several months to see how well the company's autonomous driving system can adapt to different weather conditions.
