Waymo is giving hundreds of people access to their own self-driving cars

Alphabet’s self-driving technology company, Waymo, is giving hundreds of Phoenix-area residents access to their own autonomous vehicles, initiating one of the largest and most public efforts yet to put ordinary people inside cars of the future.

The race to perfect self-driving cars is taking on greater urgency as tech companies and automakers alike pour billions of dollars into developing the systems and push them onto America’s roadways alongside human drivers.

By Michael Laris and Steven Overly

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