{"slug": "can-martha-stewart-convince-you-waymo-is-a-good-thing", "title": "Can Martha Stewart convince you Waymo is a good thing?", "summary": "Martha Stewart has endorsed Waymo's newest autonomous vehicle, the Ojai, in a promotional spot for the Google-owned robotaxi company, which is now offering driverless rides in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix. The Ojai features automatic sliding doors, a comfier interior, and three large in-car screens equipped with Gemini AI tech, and Waymo plans to expand to cities including New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Tokyo.", "body_md": "# Can Martha Stewart convince you Waymo is a good thing?\n\n[Neal Broverman](/author/neal-broverman)\n\n[Read Full Bio](/author/neal-broverman)\n\nDomestic goddess Martha Stewart has given her stamp of approval to [Waymo's](https://mashable.com/article/what-its-like-ride-robotaxi-waymo) newest autonomous vehicle, the Ojai.\n\nStewart 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](https://mashable.com/tech/google-gemini-app-iphone-walkthrough).\n\n[Terms of Use](https://www.ziffdavis.com/terms-of-use)and\n\n[Privacy Policy](https://www.ziffdavis.com/ztg-privacy-policy).\n\nWaymo refers to the Ojai as a [\"living room on wheels.\"](https://mashable.com/tech/waymo-new-vehicles-ojai) The custom-made Ojai certainly seems like an upgrade from the Jaguars, but it lacks the innovative carriage-style seating [offered by Zoox](https://mashable.com/tech/zoox-launches-las-vegas), 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.\n\n**You May Also Like**\n\nZoox, 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](https://waymo.com/updates/) like New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Tokyo, according to its website.\n\nNeal joined Mashable’s Social Good team in 2024, editing and writing stories about digital culture and its effects on the environment and marginalized communities. He is the former editorial director of The Advocate and Out magazines, has contributed to the Los Angeles Times, Curbed, and Los Angeles magazine, and is a recipient of the Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for LGBTQ Journalist of the Year Award from the National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association (NLGJA). He lives in Los Angeles with his family.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/can-martha-stewart-convince-you-waymo-is-a-good-thing", "canonical_source": "https://mashable.com/tech/martha-stewart-waymo-ojai", "published_at": "2026-08-27 22:22:26+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-27 22:48:48.573218+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["autonomous-vehicles", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Martha Stewart", "Waymo", "Google", "Ojai", "Jaguar I-PACE", "Gemini AI", "Zoox", "Amazon"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/can-martha-stewart-convince-you-waymo-is-a-good-thing", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/can-martha-stewart-convince-you-waymo-is-a-good-thing.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/can-martha-stewart-convince-you-waymo-is-a-good-thing.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/can-martha-stewart-convince-you-waymo-is-a-good-thing.jsonld"}}