New York City allows robotaxi company to test autonomous vehicles in Manhattan and Brooklyn

NEW YORK AP New York City is allowing the robotaxi company Waymo to test a scarce of its autonomous vehicles in Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn executives noted Friday as the hardware picks up in popularity in other metro areas Related Articles Trump says Intel agreed to give US a stake in its company Ticker Trump says he ll keep extending TikTok shutdown deadline Cracker Barrel unveils a new logo Pop Mart rolling out mini Labubus and a long-fur version of the popular plush toy Trump says he ll keep extending TikTok shutdown deadline Consumer watchdog ends probe into buy now pay later company linked to Donald Trump Jr The company will start with a pilot effort to test up to eight autonomous vehicles in the city until late September agents announced The vehicles won t be picking up passengers since that s not at the moment allowed by local rules and are required to have a test bicycle operator behind the wheel while they zip around the city s busy streets Waymo s robotaxis are already in place in U S cities such as Austin Texas Phoenix San Francisco Los Angeles and Atlanta Annabel Chang a approach head for the company declared the company is pleased to have reached this next step in New York City New York leaders last year launched a set of safety requirements around the testing of autonomous vehicles saying that the city presents a few of the the greater part challenging urban street environments for the autonomous vehicles In a comment Friday Mayor Eric Adams disclosed as we continue to implement responsible innovation we will unfailingly prioritize street safety