Waymo on Tuesday opened its robotaxi service to anyone who wants a ride around Los Angeles, marking another milestone in the evolution of self-driving car technology since the company began as a secret project at Google 15 years ago. The expansion comes eight months after Waymo began offering rides in Los Angeles to a limited group of passengers chosen from a waiting list that had ballooned to more than 300,000 people. Now, anyone with the Waymo One smartphone app will be able to request a ride around an 80-square-mile (129-square-kilometer) territory spanning the second largest U.S. city...

Waymo had closed a $5.6 billion funding round last month, as automakers and technology companies are betting big on the driverless technology to foster future growth, even as it faces tight regulatory scrutiny. Waymo had opened access to its ride-hailing service to everyone in San Francisco in June this year and Phoenix, Arizona in 2020...

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