Tesla Robotaxi Rival Waymo Witnesses Rapid Expansion In Its Weekly Paid Rides, Doubling To 100K In 3 Months
Tesla Robotaxi Rival Waymo Witnesses Rapid Expansion In Its Weekly Paid Rides, Doubling To 100K In 3 Months
Waymo, the self-driving technology company under Alphabet Inc., has seen a significant surge in its robotaxi rides, reaching a milestone of 100,000 paid rides per week.
Waymo是Alphabet Inc.旗下的自動駕駛技術公司，其機器出租車服務的乘客數量大幅增長，每週接收100,000次付費乘車。
What Happened: Waymo's co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana revealed on Tuesday that the company is now providing over 100,000 paid robotaxi rides every week in its primary commercial markets, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix. This figure is double the previously disclosed number.
Waymo的聯席首席執行官Tekedra Mawakana在週二透露，公司目前每週在其主要商業市場，包括洛杉磯、舊金山和鳳凰城提供超過10萬次有償無人駕駛出租車服務。這一數字是之前披露數字的兩倍。
"We're building a safer future one ride at a time, and I'm thrilled to share that we've just surpassed 100k paid trips per week!" Mawakana wrote on X.
「我們正在一次次建設更安全的未來，我很高興地宣佈我們每週已經超過10萬次有償乘車旅行了！」 Mawakana在X上寫道。
We're building a safer future one ride at a time, and I'm thrilled to share that we've just surpassed 100k paid trips per week! Congratulations to the entire @Waymo team on this incredible milestone, and thank you to our riders who make this journey possible. pic.twitter.com/hAlid7jVIK
— Tekedra N Mawakana (@TechTekedra) August 20, 2024
我們正在一次次建設更安全的未來，我很高興地宣佈我們每週已經超過10萬次有償乘車旅行了！祝賀整個Waymo團隊取得了這一難以置信的里程碑，並感謝我們的乘客們爲這段旅程付出努力。pic.twitter.com/hAlid7jVIK
— Tekedra N Mawakana (@TechTekedra) 2024年8月20日
Waymo has attained this milestone with a fleet of Jaguar I-Pace.
Waymo在一支捷豹I-Pace車隊的基礎上達成了這一里程碑。
Waymo's expansion in California, where it obtained the final permits to operate a robotaxi service commercially in August last year, has been particularly notable. The company has since transitioned to a 24/7 service in San Francisco and has been expanding into new areas in Los Angeles.
Waymo在加利福尼亞擴張，去年8月獲得了商業運營無人駕駛出租車服務的最終許可，這一點尤爲引人注目。該公司已在舊金山轉向了全天候服務，並在洛杉磯的新區域進行了擴張。
In July, Alphabet announced a new multiyear commitment to invest $5 billion in Waymo.
Alphabet宣佈了一項新的多年承諾，向Waymo投資50億美元。
Why It Matters: The surge in Waymo's robotaxi rides comes amid a forecast by Ark Invest analyst Tasha Keeney that Tesla Inc. could have an edge over Waymo in scaling its robotaxi network due to its car manufacturing capabilities. This prediction was made in light of Waymo's ongoing challenges with longer wait times and technical issues due to its smaller fleet.
爲什麼重要：Waymo的無人車出租車服務的激增發生在Ark Invest分析師Tasha Keeney預測特斯拉可能在擴大其無人車網絡方面比Waymo佔優勢的背景下，因爲特斯拉具有汽車製造能力。這個預測是基於Waymo在車輛等待時間較長和技術問題上的持續挑戰而做出的。
Waymo has been working to address these challenges, recently introducing its sixth-generation hardware with improved sensors for better performance, especially in winter conditions.
Waymo一直在努力解決這些問題，最近推出了具有改進傳感器以提高性能的第六代硬件，特別是在冬季條件下。
However, the company is still facing operational issues, as seen in a recent report of its vehicles causing disturbance by honking in a San Francisco parking lot.
然而，該公司仍然面臨運營問題，最近有報告稱其車輛在舊金山停車場內按喇叭造成騷亂。
Meanwhile, Tesla's CEO Elon Musk has been openly critical of Waymo's autonomous driving technology, highlighting instances such as Waymo's vehicles being flagged down by the police for driving into opposing lanes of traffic.
與此同時，特斯拉的CEO埃隆·馬斯克一直公開批評Waymo的自動駕駛技術，指出了Waymo的車輛被警方指示行駛在逆向車道的情況。