India, July 8 -- Waymo has launched on-the-ground testing in Philadelphia, marking its latest step toward expanding into major Northeastern U.S. cities.
Beginning this summer and continuing through the fall, a limited number of Waymo vehicles equipped with the company's self-driving technology will be manually operated by human safety drivers as part of its broader "road trip" data collection initiative. The Alphabet-owned company said the tests will span Philadelphia's most complex areas, including downtown, freeways, and neighborhoods ranging from North Central and University City to Eastwick and the Delaware River. The goal is to evaluate how the Waymo Driver navigates local infrastructure, traffic patterns, and real-world driving condi...