However, the road tests don’t necessarily indicate that commercial services are being imminently planned in these locations. So citizens of San Diego and Las Vegas — and the eight other locations — may spot a Waymo touring their cities this year, but they won't be able to hop in for a ride anytime soon.

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Waymo is eyeing Las Vegas as one such testing bed. The city is, as Rose puts it, "interesting," which sounds quite a lot like a nice way to say "a huge damn mess." The Verge points out Vegas' chaotic strip,

Waymo's approach involves deploying fewer than ten manually driven vehicles in each city for a couple of months.

A more favorable federal regulatory and legislative environment may help propel the growth of driverless ride-hailing vehicles in the United States.

Waymo plans to start testing autonomous vehicles in 10 new cities this year, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego, according to The Verge. However, this