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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 regularly deal its autonomous vehicles on winter route trips to try the cable car in snowy surround . In 2017,it was Michigan . Last year , it was Buffalo .

This yr , Waymo will hit multiple wintry venue , including Truckee , California ; Upstate New York ; and Michigan , from the Upper Peninsula to the metro Detroit area .

Waymo did n’t say whether it would take its Zeekr vehicles up north for testing , but the companionship will be put both its fifth- and 6th - multiplication Driver through its paces . Thehardware for the sixth - generation Driveris designed for winter environments , with sensors that can melt snow off them .

Details of the tryout are short , but we do know the trial will always feature a human safety number one wood behind the roulette wheel .

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