{"id":220842,"date":"2025-08-23T23:10:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T04:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/waymo-launches-nycs-first-self-driving-vehicle-trials-with-8-cars"},"modified":"2025-08-23T23:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T04:10:14","slug":"waymo-launches-nycs-first-self-driving-vehicle-trials-with-8-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/waymo-launches-nycs-first-self-driving-vehicle-trials-with-8-cars","title":{"rendered":"Waymo launches NYC\u2019s first self-driving vehicle trials with 8 cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y3aTCisvxYs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>New York City launches first self-driving vehicle trials, robotaxi firm to test with 8 cars.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Waymo has received its first permit to test autonomous vehicles in New York City, city officials confirmed Friday. The authorization allows the Alphabet-owned company to deploy up to eight vehicles in Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn through late September, with the option to extend the program.<\/p>\n<p>The launch marks the first autonomous vehicle testing program in the city. State law requires a trained driver to remain behind the wheel during operations, in line with what officials describe as the nation\u2019s strictest safety standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City launches first self-driving vehicle trials, robotaxi firm to test with 8 cars. Waymo has received its first permit to test autonomous vehicles in New York City, city officials confirmed Friday. The authorization allows the Alphabet-owned company to deploy up to eight vehicles in Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn through late September, with the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":732,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1496,6,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-law","category-robotics-ai","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}