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Zeekr RT, the robotaxi built for Waymo, has the tiniest wipers


For the autonomous vehicle-obsessed, the Waymo-Zeekr robotaxi is nothing new. In 2021, Waymo and Zeekr announced a partnership. Waymo first showed a

The Alphabet company, which has a large exhibit at CES 2025, began testing elements of the Zeekr robotaxi in early 2024, starting with the base chassis and then later equipped with sensors. Kirsten Korosec is a reporter and editor who has covered the future of transportation from EVs and autonomous vehicles to urban air mobility and in-car tech for more than a decade. She is also co-founder and co-host of the podcast, “The Autonocast.” She previously wrote for Fortune, The Verge, Bloomberg, MIT Technology Review and CBS Interactive.

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