For the past year, Kyla Jackson has been one of the only teenagers in the world who gets a ride to high school from a robot.
Using the Waymo app on her phone, Kyla summons a self-driving car. Five minutes later a Chrysler Pacifica stops at her home. She slides open the door, fastens her seat belt, and hits a blue button above her head to set the car in motion. It’s a minivan covered in goofy-looking sensors, but it’s the coolest ride at her school.
The Jackson family, along with some 400 neighbors in their Phoenix suburb, are volunteers in an ongoing test of Waymo’s autonomous ride-hailing business.
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