Can Martha Stewart convince you Waymo is a good thing?
Martha Stewart stars in a new Waymo ad promoting the Ojai, its roomier robotaxi now operating in three U.S. cities.
Domestic goddess Martha Stewart has given her stamp of approval to Waymo's newest autonomous vehicle, the Ojai.
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Stewart partnered with Google-owned Waymo for a spot promoting the Ojai, a roomier alternative to Waymo's increasingly ubiquitous Jaguar I-PACE cars. The Ojai, now available for driverless rides in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix, features automatic sliding doors, a comfier interior, and three large in-car screens outfitted with (what else?) Gemini AI tech.
Waymo refers to the Ojai as a "living room on wheels." The custom-made Ojai certainly seems like an upgrade from the Jaguars, but it lacks the innovative carriage-style seating offered by Zoox, Amazon's robotaxi company. Zoox allows riders to sit across from each other and the vehicles can drive in either direction seamlessly since they don't have a formal front or rear.
SEE ALSO: 'Are we on fire, dude?' When a Waymo ran over a fireworkZoox, though, is only available to the public in Las Vegas. Besides offering service to nearly a dozen Sun Belt cities (and San Francisco), Waymo plans to launch in places like New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Tokyo, according to its website.