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You might recall the congressional hearing last month that sparked criticism against Waymo over its use of remote assistance
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You can read about the company’s remote assistance and road assistance teams here and here.
Key facts
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Summary
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. You might recall the congressional hearing last month that sparked criticism against Waymo over its use of remote assistance workers in the Philippines. Waymo tends to get the most attention because, well, those robotaxis are now operating commercially in 10 U.S. cities, with more coming soon. Markey sent letters to seven U.S. companies, Aurora, May Mobility, Motional, Nuro, Tesla, Waymo, and Zoox, working on autonomous vehicle technology with a list of questions. They all refused to say, according to the results of Markey’s investigation.