The SFO mapping permit in Waymo comes with connected chains
Waymo has been granted permission to set roads at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) through a temporary permit – the first step in the alphabet company’s attempt to cancel the possible profitable issue of robots.
The temporary permit, announced by the mayor of San Francisco, announced by the mayor of San Francisco, began on March 14.
Waymo vehicles will not work independently at the airport. Employees will manually drive vehicles to draw a map of the area. However, the permit indicates the beginning of the gradual approach to Waymo in the end working commercially there.
“This maps permit is an important step towards bringing Waymo service to millions of people traveling to and from the city every year,” according to a statement issued by Nicole Gafil, head of business development and strategic partnerships at Waymo. “Many of these SFO travelers have placed the top of their service to expand their service.”
The statement coincides with a shift to Waymo, which Failure to secure a permit In 2023 to draw a SFO map. It also comes with some attached tendons, including data sharing, according to the language in the agreement presented by Techcrunch. This language is likely to be included in future agreements with City and San Francisco Airport Commission where Waymo pays a gradual approach that begins with maps, followed by an independent test with the human safety operator, driver without a driver, and eventually commercial operations.
Waymo must submit specific data after each mapping session for each vehicle, according to the agreement that Techcrunch. The “data interface agreement” requires its cars when it enters and gets out of the airport and saves time, the geographical location, identification of identity, the type of treatment, a unique driver’s unique identifier, and the car license number, according to the agreement.
The agreement also prohibits the use of Waymo from the use of independent vehicles to transport commercial goods. And emo The self -driving truck program was closed in 2023Since then, the company has done its efforts to close people – not firmness. However, the language protects from the future applications of commercial delivery, which raised fears between The international Muslim Brotherhood.
The restriction was sufficient to obtain the grace of Peter Vin, Vice President of the Western Region.
“We would like to thank Mayor Lori for his leadership in collecting parties together and the director of SFO Mike Nakornech to create a template for the responsible implementation of the new technology that takes into account the influence on safety, jobs and society,” the Finn said in a statement.
Waymo intensifies efforts More than a year ago To reach the capacities and decreases in SFO, according to the emails that were displayed and reported by Techcrunch at the time.
The approval process is long and requires separate approval from the San Francisco Airport Committee. Technically, permits can be issued at the estimation of the airport, said SFO Doug Doug -Yakil in Techcrunch last year.
However, it is expected to reflect the SFO process through the process when Uber and Lyft sought to reach for the first time in more than a decade. Currently, Waymo has a temporary access agreement to draw a SFO Airport RoadWays map. Waymo will eventually need a ground transfer permit to work in SFO, which has not yet been approved.
