As Cruise continues to flail‚ Waymo is taking its self-driving cars to the next level. The company‚ which is known as a leader in the self-driving space‚ is finally taking its cars from the streets and onto the highway for the first time. In a press release‚ the company announced it is beginning to test its self-driving taxis on the freeway in Phoenix‚ Arizona. Waymo says that "just as we've taken a phased approach to rolling out our technology and operations in the past‚ we will continue to deploy in a step-by-step manner‚ first providing rider-only trips to our employees on freeways across Phoenix." Continue reading... The post Waymo starts testing freeway rides with employees‚ opening up to customers soon appeared first on BGR. Trending Right Now: Epic Games Store free games: What’s free this week? 12 iPhone battery life-saving tricks from a former Apple employee The best iPhone wallpapers I use every day‚ and where to find them