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- Steering wheel's moving. Seat belt's fastened.

Robotaxis are real, at least here in Chandler, Arizona,

where Waymo has been offering fully driverless rides

Waymo's looking left, Waymo's looking right. All right.

And in August it expanded to San Francisco,

but rides here still have a driver behind the wheel.

The supporting driver does have hands on the wheel,

as it could provide a roadmap for expansion

General Motors Cruise is also testing driverless cabs

- You could really build a sizable ride-hailing business

have slowed driverless car companies down.

To find out, we spoke to company leaders,

We're here at Waymo's depot in San Francisco,

a city that represents an important test for the company

as it looks to expand its service, and well,

is new in San Francisco, but the company,

formerly known as Google's self-driving car project,

has been testing here for more than a decade.

a wide diversity of not only geographies,

but also a diversity of the kind of interactions

- So you can see, we're in a little bit of a busier part

There's a truck here, stopped on loading.

Waymo rides in San Francisco, like the one

the company invited "The Wall Street Journal" to take,

are currently done with a driver at the wheel.

But the company says it's the tech aboard its vehicles

that are making the majority of the decisions.

- The LiDAR, which is the 360 degree at the top,

is where we have the majority of our compute systems,

so the systems that take all those signals together

and combine it, run it through our software,

to help the car determine what it should do next.

- All of Waymo's passengers, or Trusted Testers,

in San Francisco have signed nondisclosure agreements

that prevent them from sharing their experience.

Lots of stop signs. No stoplights on the route so far.

I think seeing the supporting driver's hands

hovering and sometimes grabbing the wheel itself

is providing a little bit of additional security for me.

Waymo really likes to stick to the speed limit.

Last week, a Waymo car hit a pedestrian in San Francisco.

The company said the vehicle was being driven

who was treated for injuries at the scene

and transported to a hospital by ambulance.

The company said, "The trust and safety of the communities

and we will continue investigating this incident

So far, seven companies, including Waymo and Cruise,

to test autonomous vehicles without a driver.

How far off do you think you are from being able to

pull the autonomous specialists from the vehicle?

- Our current focus is really continuing to develop

a safe and convenient experience for all of our riders,

so no specific timelines to share at this time.

- [Adam] Success in San Francisco could help provide

and it can't yet charge passengers for rides in the city.

- They don't need to operate a robotaxi fleet

because if you look at the business performance

and results of Uber and Lyft, they mostly come from

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