Santa Monica, CA - February 21: A person operates the Motional autonomous delivery for Uber Eats customers in Santa Monica, using IONIQ 5 AV Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) In 2022, Motional began conducting autonomous deliveries for Uber Eats customers in Santa Monica, using IONIQ 5 AVs.
This made me smile. An elderly man got his first ride in a driverless car out in Arizona (it’s a Waymo car). Pure joy.