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Waymo has partnered with Uber in a number of cities to more quickly and widely get people using its vehicles. But the partnership has ended in Phoenix.
Phoenix is where Waymo first launched its robotaxi service. So, it was a bit of an odd partnership there, but the company indicates it was all about learning, and while the partnership isn’t continuing in Phoenix, it is elsewhere.
“Phoenix was our first pilot market with Waymo and was an intentionally limited deployment, reaching just over a dozen vehicles dedicated to the program,” Uber said in a statement. “We learned a lot from that collaboration, which helped us to quickly scale Austin and Atlanta, where hundreds of Waymo AVs are available exclusively on Uber and our coverage area continues to expand.” As indicated in that statement, there are cities where Uber is the only way you can get a Waymo (in Austin and Atlanta, specifically). So, naturally, that’s not ending anytime soon.
Waymo added that it “was a productive pilot that paved the way for future expansions and partnerships across the globe.”
