"Waymo Receives Approval to Expand Robotaxi Service in Los Angeles and San Francisco Peninsula"

Waymo, Alphabet's robotaxi unit, has been approved by the California Public Utilities Commission to expand its driverless passenger service operations in parts of Los Angeles and the San Francisco Peninsula. This approval follows a voluntary recall filing notice with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to fix software issues after two unmanned Waymo vehicles crashed into the same towed pickup truck in Phoenix. The approval comes after concerns from competing taxi and transit service providers, labor activists, and safety advocates, and paves the way for the deployment of Waymo's commercial Waymo One service in the approved areas.