All three are fast-changing cities with busy downtowns that host a ton of live events.” Nathaniel Fairfield, Distinguished Software Engineer at Waymo, who helped lead the team that made that first Firefly ride in Austin possible, says, “A lot of the experiences you encounter on Austin’s roads are useful for what we’re already doing in San Francisco and Phoenix. Our goal is to learn as much as we can from Austin’s busy, growing and diverse neighborhoods. Over the next few months, we’ll begin testing our fifth-generation driver, on the Jaguar I-PACE platform, across central and East Austin, including downtown, Rainey Street, Clarksville, Bouldin Creek, the Market District, Holly, and the Capitol. So the lessons we learn from Austin will help us improve the Waymo Driver everywhere we operate, both today and in the future. We’re building our technology to drive anywhere-any city, one driver. A lot’s changed since we were last here-not least that there are now 30% more people living in metro Austin, the second-fastest growing metro area in America. Our Waymo One ride-hail service is open to members of the public in both Phoenix and San Francisco, and the Waymo Driver has even been helping people get to the airport and around the Super Bowl. Since then, tens of thousands more people have experienced riding in our fully autonomous vehicles.
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