The self-driving taxi company Waymo announced Thursday that it’s coming to Minneapolis — though the service won’t be available to the public just yet.

Waymo said it will begin “laying the early groundwork” to introduce driverless cars as a transit option in Minneapolis, with a fleet of Jaguar and Zeekr electric vehicles taking to the streets.

The testing to collect data and map the city will be done with a human driver behind the wheel, a Waymo spokesperson said. The company did not say how long the testing process will take. Fewer than ten vehicles will be a part of testing.

Waymo also said its arrival in Minneapolis just ahead of winter — and the slush and snow that’ll soon be on city streets — comes after previous testing in snowy conditions in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, upstate New

See Full Page