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Austin Russell, chief executive officer of Luminar Technologies, speaks during a news event at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. For the first time, CES has a theme: how technology is addressing the world’s biggest challenges. Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg

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Waymo suppose Tuesday it will start offering riders24/7 accessto curbside pickups and drop - offs at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport terminals 3 and 4 — yet another exemplar of the Alphabet - owned caller ’s thrust to expand its robotaxi divine service .

Waymostarted offering driverless tripsto the Phoenix Airport in November 2022 , but it was only to an airdrome bird stop at the 44th Street Sky Station . The company eventually moved to curbside service , which directly competes with driver services like taxis , Uber and Lyft .

Robotaxi rides to and from the airport have proven to be popular . Waymo say this hebdomad it   will surpass 100,000 total trips back and forth from the airport since launching the religious service in late 2022 .

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