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In April 2021, Krafcik was replaced by two co-CEOs: Waymo's [[Chief operating officer|COO]] Tekedra Mawakana and [[Chief technology officer|CTO]] Dmitri Dolgov.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nieva|first=Richard|date=April 2, 2021|title=Waymo CEO John Krafcik to step down from self-driving car company|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/waymo-ceo-john-krafcik-to-step-down-from-self-driving-car-company/|access-date=April 4, 2021|website=CNET|language=en}}</ref> Waymo raised $2.5 billion in another funding round in June 2021,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sebastian |first1=Dave |title=Waymo Raises $2.5 Billion in Funding Round |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/waymo-raises-2-5-billion-in-funding-round-11623854400 |access-date=July 13, 2021 |website=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=June 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Alamalhodaei |first1=Aria |title=Waymo, Alphabet's self-driving arm, raises $2.5B in second external investment round |url=https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/16/waymo-alphabets-self-driving-arm-raises-2-5b-in-second-external-investment-round/ |website=[[TechCrunch]] |access-date=July 13, 2021 |date=June 16, 2021 }}</ref> with total funding of $5.5 billion.<ref name="cnbc-may22">{{Cite web |last=Fannin |first=Rebecca |date=2022-05-21 |title=Where the billions spent on autonomous vehicles by U.S. and Chinese giants is heading |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/21/why-the-first-autonomous-vehicles-winners-wont-be-in-your-driveway.html |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=[[CNBC]]}}</ref> Waymo launched a consumer testing program in San Francisco in August 2021.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":15" /> [[Geely]] Holding said it would partner with Waymo to make electric vehicles from its premium electric mobility brand, Zeekr, to be deployed as fully autonomous ride-hailing vehicles across the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Waymo and China's Zeekr partner to develop driverless taxis |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2021/12/29/waymo-and-china039s-zeekr-partner-to-develop-driverless-taxis |access-date=December 29, 2021 |website=The Star |language=en}}</ref>
In May 2022, Waymo
In June 2022, Waymo announced a partnership with Uber, under which Waymo will integrate its autonomous technology into Uber's freight truck service.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hawkins |first1=Andrew J. |title=Waymo is teaming up with Uber on autonomous trucking because time really heals all wounds |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/7/23156674/waymo-via-uber-freight-autonomous-truck-deal |website=The Verge |date=7 June 2022 |access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref> Plans to expand the program to Los Angeles were announced in late 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elias |first=Jennifer |title=Waymo says it plans to launch its self-driving service in Los Angeles |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/19/waymo-says-it-plans-to-launch-a-ride-hailing-service-in-los-angeles.html |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> On December 13, 2022 Waymo applied for the final permit necessary to operate fully autonomous taxis, without a backup driver present, within the state of California.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dave |first=Paresh |date=2022-12-13 |title=Waymo seeks permit to sell self-driving car rides in San Francisco |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/waymo-seeks-permit-sell-self-driving-car-rides-san-francisco-2022-12-13/ |access-date=2022-12-15}}</ref>
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