Waymo, the autonomous driving technology company, is bringing a fleet of testing vehicles to Philadelphia this year. "This city is a National Treasure," Waymo wrote on X. "It's a city of love, where eagles fly with a gritty spirit and cheese that spreads and cheese that steaks.

Philadelphia is one of more than 10 cities where human autonomous-technology experts will be taking Waymos on summer “road trips,” allowing the cars “to get to know the city,” spokesperson Sandy Karp said in a statement. The testing fleets are closed to the public.

You can't hail a Waymo in the city just yet. The Alphabet-owned company is currently testing and mapping, with humans in the driver's seat.

Way back in 2015, Philadelphians' territorial nature briefly became national news when hitchBOT — a child-size hitchhiking robot that relied on the kindness of strangers and had already traversed several entire countries with their help — arrived in Philadelphia and quickly got decapitated by furious locals.

Alphabet’s Waymo has begun testing its autonomous vehicle technology in Philadelphia, marking its latest step toward expanding robotaxi services nationwide amid intensifying competition with Tesla, which is racing to commercialize its Cybercab platform.