When the company was asked: 'What do you see as the current timeline to get Waymo-directed vehicles widely released for autonomous operation in the northern U.S. 'Members of our early rider program are now being matched with these fully driverless cars when they hail a Waymo vehicle using our app,' Waymo boasted in an email in response to my query, though the program was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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