"The statement said that if a Waymo car door is left ajar and prevents the car from departing, nearby DoorDash workers will be notified to close the door and allow the car to get back on the road quickly. It added that Waymo's future vehicles will have an automatic door-closing function, but did not specify when this would be available."
"A Reddit post from a DoorDash employee showed that Waymo had offered $11.25 to have one of its car doors shut. The door-closing gig offered a $6.25 guaranteed payment upon acceptance and a $5 bonus upon completion. It also said that declining the offer would not affect the DoorDash driver's job acceptance rate. The Reddit post was titled "Craziest Offer," and asked fellow DoorDash workers if they had ever received a similar offer."
"This comes as Waymo, an autonomous vehicle ride-hailing service owned by Alphabet, is expanding its footprint in the US and worldwide. Its fleet is available in select US cities, such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, Atlanta, Phoenix, and Miami. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said in an earnings call last week that Waymo would soon expand to more cities in the US, as well as the UK and Japan."
Waymo is running a pilot in Atlanta that notifies nearby DoorDash workers to close robotaxi doors left ajar that prevent departure, enabling vehicles to resume service quickly. DoorDash drivers can accept short gigs to shut doors, with reported payments including a $6.25 guaranteed fee plus a $5 completion bonus and an advertised $11.25 total in one Reddit post. Declining such offers will not affect DoorDash acceptance rates. Waymo plans to add automatic door-closing to future vehicles without a specified timeline. Waymo operates in multiple US cities and plans further expansion internationally. Waymo falls under Alphabet's Other Bets, which reported $370 million in revenue and an operating loss of $3.62 billion in the latest quarter.
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