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Waymo’s robotaxis to start carrying passengers in Atlanta, expanding Uber partnership

  • Waymo and Uber launched a robotaxi service in Atlanta on June 24, 2025, covering 65 square miles with rides hailed via the Uber app.
  • This launch follows Waymo and Uber's 2023 partnership and prior rollout of robotaxi rides in Austin, Texas, earlier in 2025.
  • Waymo operates fully autonomous electric Jaguar I-Pace vehicles without onboard human supervisors, while Uber handles vehicle cleaning and repair.
  • By March 2025, Waymo had accumulated more than 71 million miles in autonomous driving, demonstrating a 78% reduction in injury-related crashes compared to those involving human drivers, while passengers in Austin gave their trips an average rating of 4.9 out of 5 stars.
  • The Atlanta launch marks Waymo’s fifth U.S. city with robotaxis and indicates ongoing expansion plans that aim to increase the availability of autonomous rides.
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Waymo’s robotaxis will begin transporting passengers through parts of Atlanta on Tuesday in an expansion of a partnership with Uber that began earlier this year in Austin. Waymo’s arrival in Atlanta with autonomous vehicles takes place a few days after Tesla finally launched a limited robotaxis service in Austin, more than five years after its executive director, Elon Musk, vehemently promised that the electric car manufacturer would quickly out…

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NBC New York broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
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