Waymo has announced that its driverless robotaxis are coming to five new cities: Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando and San Antonio. The company currently operates autonomous robotaxis in Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco.
The Robot Report says that Waymo is in the process of removing human safety drivers in Miami from this week and it will begin doing so in the remaining four cities over the coming weeks. The self-driving robotaxis will be available only to company employees in each of these cities to begin with, but with service opening up to the public in 2026.
“Waymo has entered a new phase of commercial scale, doubling the number of cities we operate without a human specialist in the car,” said Saswat Panigrahi, Waymo chief product officer. “This expansion is a testament to our world-leading AI, hardware, operations, rider love, and our constructive dialogue with local communities, all of which allows us to scale safely. By transforming our extensive experience into expansion, we accelerate the introduction of the safe, reliable, and magical experience of the Waymo Driver to riders around the world.”
In the US Waymo robotaxis have already driven more than 100 million fully autonomous miles on public roads and provided more than 10 million paid rides and that it is now driving more than 2 million fully autonomous miles and providing over a quarter of a million rides per week.
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