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Waymo Gets the O.K. for a Commercial Driverless Ride-Hailing Service
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The first U.S. commercial ride-hailing service without human drivers has been approved.
Waymo, a unit of Alphabet Inc., got a permit in late January from the Arizona Department of Transportation to operate as a Transportation Network Company, according to Ryan Harding, a spokesman at the state agency.