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Self-driving taxis expand in Los Angeles

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A Waymo minivan arrives to pick up passengers for an autonomous vehicle. (Ross D. Franklin/AP)
A Waymo minivan arrives to pick up passengers for an autonomous vehicle. (Ross D. Franklin/AP)

The Alphabet-owned self-driving taxi company Waymo is making its largest expansion yet. Starting this week, anyone in Los Angeles will be able to hail a robocab, including about 300,000 people who had been on the company's app waitlist.

Here & Now transportation correspondent Seth Kaplan joins host Robin Young to explain what this means for self-driving vehicle technology moving forward.

This segment aired on November 13, 2024.

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