We review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. Waymo will no longer operate a facility in Austin, according to CNBC. It'll relocate the Texas-based operations and employees to other cities in the United States. The Alphabet-run subsidiary has offices in Phoenix and Detroit, too. Employees will be offered an opportunity to relocate, but outside contractors could be left behind. Waymo doesn't say this counts as downsizing, though, and expects to continue pouring resources into the other cities. "Waymo is growing our investment and teams in both the Detroit and Phoenix areas, and we want to bring our operations teams together to best support our riders and our ride-hailing service," a spokesperson told CNBC. "As a result we've decided to relocate all Austin positions to Detroit and Phoenix. We are working closely with employees, offering them the opportunity to transfer, as well as with our staffing partners to ensure everyone receives transition pay and relocation assistance." In Austin, Waymo completed its first self-driving car test on a public road. Waymo continued to host operations in the city for four years. The employees in that office served as a support team for both riders and vehicles. Wall Street, however, doesn't seem all that impressed by Waymo. As CNBC noted, Morgan Stanley cut the self-driving car company's value from $175 billion to $105 billion last month. Analysts suggest self-driving cars aren't arriving anytime soon and that Waymo still relies on human monitors in vehicles. It's still a huge valuation, but Waymo and other companies aren't close to prepared for nationwide releases. Companies developing self-driving cars need to exhibit an ability to go fully autonomous. Additionally, there are concerns when it comes to detecting pedestrians. Uber, for example, had a self-driving car involved in a fatal crash last year. The vehicle failed to pick up on the pedestrian's location outside of a crosswalk. Though it's a crowded field, Waymo could emerge as a leader. It develops self-driving cars with 360-degree detection and a line of sight that extends as far as the length of three football fields. Waymo's ability to recognize objects, whether a human in plain clothes or a costume, might be a game-changer. Yet there's plenty of testing to go, and Waymo hopes to accomplish that with enhanced operations in Detroit and Phoenix.
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We review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. Waymo will no longer operate a facility in Austin, according to CNBC. It'll relocate the Texas-based operations and employees to other cities in the United States. The Alphabet-run subsidiary has offices in Phoenix and Detroit, too. Employees will be offered an opportunity to relocate, but outside contractors could be left behind. Waymo doesn't say this counts as downsizing, though, and expects to continue pouring resources into the other cities. "Waymo is growing our investment and teams in both the Detroit and Phoenix areas, and we want to bring our operations teams together to best support our riders and our ride-hailing service," a spokesperson told CNBC. "As a result we've decided to relocate all Austin positions to Detroit and Phoenix. We are working closely with employees, offering them the opportunity to transfer, as well as with our staffing partners to ensure everyone receives transition pay and relocation assistance." In Austin, Waymo completed its first self-driving car test on a public road. Waymo continued to host operations in the city for four years. The employees in that office served as a support team for both riders and vehicles. Wall Street, however, doesn't seem all that impressed by Waymo. As CNBC noted, Morgan Stanley cut the self-driving car company's value from $175 billion to $105 billion last month. Analysts suggest self-driving cars aren't arriving anytime soon and that Waymo still relies on human monitors in vehicles. It's still a huge valuation, but Waymo and other companies aren't close to prepared for nationwide releases. Companies developing self-driving cars need to exhibit an ability to go fully autonomous. Additionally, there are concerns when it comes to detecting pedestrians. Uber, for example, had a self-driving car involved in a fatal crash last year. The vehicle failed to pick up on the pedestrian's location outside of a crosswalk. Though it's a crowded field, Waymo could emerge as a leader. It develops self-driving cars with 360-degree detection and a line of sight that extends as far as the length of three football fields. Waymo's ability to recognize objects, whether a human in plain clothes or a costume, might be a game-changer. Yet there's plenty of testing to go, and Waymo hopes to accomplish that with enhanced operations in Detroit and Phoenix.