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Driverless Rideshare Company Waymo to Soon Begin Autonomous Rides in San Diego
The rollout will start with Alphabet employees before opening to the public, as Waymo aims to widen its lead over Tesla and Zoox.
- On Tuesday, Waymo activated fully driverless operations in Las Vegas, with Denver, San Diego, and Tampa launching in the coming weeks, expanding its driverless footprint toward a target of 1 million paid rides per week by year-end.
- This aggressive 2026 rollout follows a $16 billion funding round raised earlier this year, which specifically supports deployment of a 3,000-vehicle fleet for city-by-city expansion across the U.S.
- Waymo is deploying its purpose-built Ojai robotaxi with 6th-generation Driver hardware, designed from the ground up for autonomous use. Company data shows its vehicles are involved in 94% fewer crashes causing serious or fatal injury than human drivers.
- Operations in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa will ramp up gradually in the coming weeks, initially available only to Alphabet employees before expanding to the general public later this year.
- Waymo's expansion strengthens its lead over competitors like Tesla and Amazon-owned Zoox, which operate smaller fleets across fewer markets, as the company scales toward 1 million weekly rides by year-end.
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Waymo's advantage in the robotics market continues to grow. Alphabet-controlled robotics service announced, on Wednesday (8), the expansion to four new cities: San Diego, Las Vegas, Denver and Tampa, Florida. Exclusive subject matter for subscribers. To have full access, access the link of the subject and register.
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