Raws li kev tshaj tawm xov xwm, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) tau tshaj tawm rau lub Tsib Hlis 14 tias nws tau pib tshawb nrhiav kev ua haujlwm ntawm Alphabet lub koom haum, Waymo lub tsheb tsav tsheb, raws li cov lus ceeb toom qhia tias tus cwj pwm tsav tsheb ntawm nws cov tsheb tavxij tsav tsheb tuaj yeem ua txhaum cai. kev cai lij choj kev nyab xeeb.
NHTSA tau hais tias nws tau pib qhov kev ntsuam xyuas ua ntej ntawm ib ncig ntawm 444 Waymo tsheb tom qab tau txais 22 qhov xwm txheej, suav nrog 17 qhov xwm txheej sib tsoo. Raws li NHTSA, qee qhov ntawm cov xwm txheej no, lub tshuab tsav tsheb tsis raug cai "zoo li tsis ua raws li kev tswj hwm kev nyab xeeb."
Thaum Waymo tsis tau hais txog qhov xwm txheej kev nyab xeeb tshwj xeeb, nws tau hais txog kev txaus siab hauv nws cov kev ua tau zoo thiab cov ntaub ntawv kev nyab xeeb tshaj li ntau lab mais ntawm kev tsav tsheb, nrog rau nws txoj kev cog lus rau kev nyab xeeb pob tshab. Lub tuam txhab kuj tau hais tias nws yuav txuas ntxiv koom tes nrog NHTSA.
Ua ntej qhov kev tshawb nrhiav rau Waymo, NHTSA kuj tau pib tshawb xyuas cov tsheb tsav tsheb los ntawm General Motors 'cov koom tes, Cruise, thiab Amazon lub koom haum, Zoox.
Thaum Lub Ob Hlis Ntuj xyoo no, Waymo tau rov qab rov qab 444 lub tsheb tswj hwm hauv Arizona tom qab ob qhov kev sib tsoo me me, hais txog software yuam kev uas yuav ua rau cov tsheb tsis raug kwv yees qhov kev txav mus los ntawm cov tsheb thauj khoom.
NHTSA tau hais tias ntawm tag nrho 22 qhov xwm txheej, qee qhov cuam tshuam nrog kev sib tsoo nrog cov tsheb tsis muaj zog, thaum lwm tus tau hais tias kev tsav tsheb tsis muaj tsheb yuav ua txhaum txoj cai lij choj kev nyab xeeb. Cov xwm txheej no suav nrog kev sib tsoo nrog cov khoom ruaj khov thiab ib nrab (xws li cov rooj vag thiab cov saw hlau) nrog rau cov tsheb nres.
NHTSA yuav tshawb xyuas qhov kev ua tau zoo ntawm Waymo lub thib tsib-tiam autonomous tsav system nyob rau hauv "cov xwm txheej thiab cov xwm txheej zoo sib xws tau txheeb xyuas hauv tsab ntawv ceeb toom no, thiab txheeb xyuas qhov sib xws hauv cov xwm txheej no."
Yog tias NHTSA txiav txim siab tias cov tsheb no ua rau muaj kev pheej hmoo tsis zoo rau kev nyab xeeb, lub chaw haujlwm yuav thov kom rov qab cov tsheb. Kev tshawb nrhiav tam sim no yog thawj theem ua ntej yuav rov qab los, thiab nws yuav ntsuas qhov ua tau zoo ntawm Waymo tsheb "hauv kev tshawb nrhiav thiab teb rau cov khoom siv tswj tsheb, nrog rau kev zam kev sib tsoo nrog cov khoom nyob ruaj ruaj thiab ib nrab nyob ruaj ruaj thiab tsheb."
Thaum Lub Peb Hlis Ntuj xyoo no, Waymo tshaj tawm tias nws yuav pib muab cov kev pabcuam tsheb tavxij pub dawb los xaiv cov tswvcuab ntawm cov pej xeem hauv Los Angeles thiab San Francisco tom qab tsoomfwv tau pom zoo rau nws txoj haujlwm Waymo One autonomous taxi project hauv California. Waymo kuj tau pib muab kev pabcuam tsav tsheb rau nws tus neeg ua haujlwm hauv Austin, Texas, thaum Lub Peb Hlis, ua rau nws yog lub nroog thib plaub rau kev pabcuam tsheb tavxij uas muaj kev ywj pheej tom qab San Francisco, Phoenix, thiab Los Angeles.
