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Khabre desk
Recent reporting, analysis and explainers from the ride-hailing desk.
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Waymo says it is preparing a fully autonomous ride-hailing service in the Region of Madrid, with first riders targeted for 2027. Its initial work will use manually driven vehicles before technical validation with trained local specialists.
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Waymo says it will begin preparing its autonomous ride-hailing service in Toronto, starting with manually driven vehicles and local road mapping. The company’s goal is to welcome its first riders in 2028.
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Waymo is launching a San Francisco Bay Area program that rewards riders with $2.85 in Waymo Cash when a Waymo trip and a public-transit journey made with a linked Visa card occur within two hours. The company will also lease 40 Caltrain station parking spaces for staged vehicles.
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Lyft and Waymo say Nashville riders can now be matched with fully autonomous Waymo vehicles through the Lyft app. The service initially covers parts of central Nashville and will share a dynamically managed fleet with the Waymo app.