If you’re driving on the freeway around Phoenix anytime soon, keep your eyes peeled for a car driving itself. Waymo will start testing its autonomous vehicles on Arizona highways this month, the company announced Monday.
Big tech companies want to put big, driverless trucks on the road, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom is ready to help them reach that goal. Now the Democratic mainstay is taking a beating from unions who say he’s allowed unsafe 10,000+-pound vehicles onto the road without drivers.