Along with Waymo’s expansion into Tokyo, Japan, the company is continuing its robotaxi rollout in major US cities. It recently announced it was coming to Washington, DC, and more recently (this week), Waymo and Uber started letting residents join an “interest list” to use the robotaxi service in Atlanta, Georgia. … [continued]
I knew it was coming. Waymo has been expanding faster and faster in the past couple of years, and it seemed certain that the company would bring its robotaxis to a new major market in 2025. In fact, I think it will expand into more than one city, but today … [continued]
Waymo One is providing hundreds of thousands of fully autonomous trips each week in Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Austin, where residents are integrating Waymo One into their daily lives. At the same time, out of town visitors are opting to use Waymo One to experience even more of … [continued]
Waymo continues to expand its robotaxi service. While it’s been in San Francisco for a while, Waymo just extended its services down the region into the heart of Silicon Valley, where it all started. As of yesterday, Waymo is offering its Waymo One robotaxi services in Mountain View (the home … [continued]
Waymo continues to expand its service and testing, and in 2025, that’s going to include a road trip to more than 10 additional cities. Note that we have no idea how many cities Waymo will begin robotaxi service in this year, if any, but I do presume it will roll … [continued]
I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time! I recall the first time I saw Google self-driving vehicles on the streets of Palo Alto — in 2012! You can view some really old, bad video footage of the car here and here. Of course, Waymo wasn’t a thing … [continued]
Waymo continues to trot forward. After increasing its weekly passenger count by 50% in just two months earlier this year, it’s sure to do so again soon. The company has now opened up Waymo One robotaxi rides to anyone in Los Angeles. That’s across “Santa Monica, Hollywood Boulevard, USC, and … [continued]
Something is going on over at Waymo. The company has just reached 150,000 trips a week for paying customers. But what’s most impressive is Waymo reached 100,000 trips a week just two months ago! That’s 50% growth in two months! Concerning the new milestone, Waymo writes, “Waymo One is now … [continued]
Waymo continues to be out in front as a clear robotaxi leader. Today, the news from the company is that it has raised another $5.6 billion. That will carry the company quite far. Furthermore, the latest financing round was oversubscribed. The investment round was led by Alphabet, and included participation … [continued]
Editor’s note: This press release follows up on a report we published a couple of weeks ago that Waymo may use the Hyundai IONIQ 5 for its Waymo Driver or Waymo One robotaxi services in the future. As the press release tells us, that is indeed going to be the … [continued]
