The service of the future: the United States will launch service robotaxi

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Сервис будущего: в США запустят сервис роботаксиHow much will cost the trip on robotaxi, representatives of Waymo not yet reported.

Belonging to the Alphabet developed by robomobile Waymo received a license to run a taxi service in Arizona. The state government has granted permission for the establishment of a taxi service using unmanned minivans Chrysler Pacifica that Waymo is already testing in several States.

In late January, the authorities of Arizona has appropriated Waymo the status of the transport network. The license grants the company the right to transport passengers within the state, using unmanned minivans Chrysler Pacifica. Customers will be able to call robotaxi on the website or through the app. In all other respects the service also will not be different from other taxi services, which has received the status of the transport network. As explained by Bloomberg, this category also includes Lyft and Uber.

Service robotaxi from Waymo will launch this year in Phoenix, where the drones of the company since April carry passengers in the test mode. Passengers could call robotaxi through the app and free to travel within a radius of 100 square miles (258 sq km). In November, the company was the first to test drones without an operator behind the wheel.

At the end of January it became known that Waymo place an order for several thousand hybrids Chrysler Pacifica. The first batch of cars, the company will have until the end of the year. At the moment the Waymo Park consists of 600 car. It is assumed that all the available minivans would be used to service robotaxi.

How much will cost the trip on robotaxi, representatives of Waymo not yet reported. But most likely it will be the same as Uber or Lyft, or cheaper, as companies do not have to pay the driver. For example, Uber is only in the fourth quarter of 2017, payments to drivers about $8 billion, which is 72% of the gross income of the company for the same period.

After Phoenix, the company plans to launch its services in other cities of America. Waymo also intends to create a system of car sharing with the use of drones and use robomobile for Express delivery.

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