MINNEAPOLIS — Waymo, the autonomous ride-hailing company, is officially coming to Minneapolis, making it the sixth city in the U.S. to utilize its self-driving technology.

"Waymo is excited to lay the early groundwork for our fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Minneapolis," a Waymo spokesperson told KARE.

The spokesperson said starting Thursday, a mixed fleet of its Jaguar I-PACE and Zeekr RT vehicles will be visible on Minnesota roads, joining Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Francisco.

Waymo claims that despite the lack of a human behind the wheel, its vehicles have actually made roads safer.

Compared to traditional driving, Waymo said the "Waymo Driver" has experienced 11 times fewer serious injury crashes; five times fewer crashes with airbag deployment; and fiv

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