Waymo has just been granted the first-ever permit to test autonomous vehicles in New York City. Beginning this September, the company will deploy up to eight Jaguar I-Pace EVs, each with a human safety driver,

The move is part of a broader trend of U.S. cities and states gradually opening their roads to autonomous vehicles.

Livery drivers with the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers rallied outside Gov. Hochul’s midtown office on Monday, calling for an end to the city’s testing of driverless taxi