Google's Waymo Suspends Rides With Human Drivers, Keeps Rides with Robots-only

Ride-share operators Uber and Lyft announced today that in response to the coronavirus pandemic, they will be suspending "shared" rides -- rides in which a multiple passengers ride along with the ride-share driver en route to multiple locations. For the duration of the crisis, it seems, rides will be private affairs between one driver and one passenger.

What's the logical next step? Getting rid of the driver, too -- and that's just what Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) driverless car unit Waymo intends to do.  

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