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(photo source: waymo official website) according to foreign media reports, waymo CEO John Krafcik said that the company will provide a small range of "ride only" services in Phoenix, Arizona. In addition, they plan to launch services other than taxis, such as automated delivery services, so as to gain more revenue channels in the future. On the evening of October 27, Krafcik confirmed at a dinner party with reporters in Detroit that waymo, affiliated to alphabet, had already started providing all driverless taxi services to hundreds of early users in Phoenix, without security officers in the car. But he did not say when the company would expand its coverage. He said passengers who took part in the all driverless taxi service had signed a confidentiality agreement with the company. Waymo didn't say how many times it had provided fully automated travel services for passengers, but said it was still a small number. In addition to self driving taxis, Krafcik says the company is looking for new ways to sell its technology. Krafcik revealed that the company is using Peter bilt trucks to test so-called automated drivers as part of a plan known as Husky within the company to expand the application of its technology in truck transportation and commercial distribution. Waymo had previously said it was testing its systems on trucks in Michigan, Arizona and Georgia. Waymo will consider selling the technology to automakers who want to provide consumers with autonomous driving features, which can name their products with waymo's brand or use their own brand. "Both will be very interesting," Krafcik said Waymo has reached an agreement with Renault and Japanese manufacturers to jointly develop autonomous vehicles and corresponding services. In addition, waymo self driving taxi fleet also adopts the model of and. With its strong capital and computing power, waymo has achieved steady growth. The company has a Detroit plant that is responsible for retrofitting Chrysler's minivans and Jaguar's ipace. Krafcik believes that there is also a problem facing the autonomous driving industry, which is that the description of this technology will cause confusion. For example, a system called autopliot has been introduced that requires drivers to be ready to take over vehicle control at any time. At present, the Federal Security regulators are investigating several fatal accidents related to autoplot. While other vehicle enterprises, the system can drive on the highway, or in the stop and go road, and each vehicle enterprise is using different names to describe its automatic driving function. Krafcik said, "as long as you need a driver's license, the vehicle is not an autopilot."