ATLANTA — Driverless cars are now on the streets in Atlanta. Uber riders have a chance to use Waymo, which just launched early access. Channel 2’s Steve Gehlbach says now people can actually get in and take a ride. Waymo were seen on the roads over a year ago. Then you’d see them with someone in the driver’s seat.

ATLANTA — Waymo’s driverless rides are coming to Atlanta this summer — and the company says its vehicles are already equipped with updated software that addresses the earlier recall.

The two approaches could not be more different, in ways that suggest different possible futures for what autonomous vehicles mean for society. That kind of progress hasn’t come cheap. Google parent company Alphabet has sunk billions into the technology,

On Sunday, June 8, in Los Angeles, several Waymo autonomous taxis were set ablaze during protests against ICE raids in the city. According to the Los Angeles Times, protesters who had converged on downtown L.

Bank of America Securities analyst Michael McGovern maintained a Buy on Uber Technologies UBER on Tuesday. However, with Waymo’s rapid growth in San Francisco and other US cities, the analyst remained more cautious about Lyft, Inc LYFT and maintained an Underperform.

Protesters smashed the windows of multiple Waymo robot taxis and then set them on fire. The police warned of toxic fumes released by burning lithium-ion batteries.