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Waymo's robotaxis are headed to Canada

Waymo will begin by testing its self-driving vehicles on Toronto's streets, its first step into Canada; the local ride business is, officially, thrilled.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWaymo says its self-driving robotaxis are coming to Canada, and the testing starts on the streets of Toronto.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWith me is Oluwaseun Marchetti, who runs Maple Loop Mobility, a Toronto ride company. Are you ready for this?

  3. Oluwaseun MarchettiI am so sorry, Gloria, before I begin.

  4. Oluwaseun MarchettiWe welcome Waymo with open arms, warm hearts, and a very firm handshake that I am told is legally just a wave.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSo your whole business is human drivers, and you are welcoming the cars that do not need them.

  6. Oluwaseun MarchettiI am extremely sorry, truly, but competition makes us all better, and I have never once checked how many of my drivers are looking at job boards.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWhy are you holding a snow scraper?

  8. Oluwaseun MarchettiI am so, so sorry, it is just a tool. But Toronto gets real winter, Gloria, and a robot has never met a Toronto February, which I mention with no pleasure at all.

  9. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSo you are hoping the snow beats them.

  10. Oluwaseun MarchettiI am devastatingly sorry, and no, I am hoping for fairness.

  11. Oluwaseun MarchettiI am also hoping for a blizzard of historic size, but that is a separate hope.

  12. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA historic blizzard.

  13. Oluwaseun MarchettiSorry, yes. And the scraper is for their sensors, Gloria. I am not sorry about that part.

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