The cars use their onboard technology to identify potholes and send the data to city officials and Waze users.
Waymo is using its robotaxis to identify potholes, reports Kirsten Korosec in TechCrunch. The company is testing the service in five markets it operates in, sending the data to both cities and Waze, another Alphabet-owned company, where users can see it directly in the app.
According to Korosec, "Offering potentially beneficial data about potholes, or even other hazardous road conditions, could help build goodwill. And right now Waymo is largely bearing the brunt of this burden as it ramps up its expansion to more than 20 cities this year."
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