Uber Eats customers may now receive orders delivered by one of Waymo's self-driving cars in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
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Definitely makes sense to invest billions in solving this program that people won’t pay more than a pittance for the service.

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Self-driving vehicles are not only here to solve food delivery.

In the US, the average American spends about 365 hours a year driving, about an hour a day.

I’d much rather use that time to work, read a book, or a dozen other activities. It’s over 6% of my waking hours.

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