Overview

• Approval covers eight Jaguar I-Pace SUVs operating in Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn through late September.
• Each vehicle must carry a trained safety operator who can take control at any time, with no riders permitted under city taxi and limousine rules.
• Waymo must provide regular data and safety updates to the New York City Department of Transportation under the pilot’s reporting requirements.
• The company said it will begin road testing immediately following the permit approval.
• Rideshare and taxi groups criticized the decision over safety and job concerns, with a protest announced by the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers.