May 23, 2026, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. A fully self-driving Waymo vehicle navigates city traffic in Baltimore. Tech companies and automakers are increasingly testing autonomous driving systems on urban East Coast roadways to evaluate radar, lidar, and artificial intelligence technologies in high-density environments. Photo Credit: Robyn Stevens Brody/Alamy.

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