US EditionWaymo's Driverless Rides Are Hitting Freeways, Starting in These Cities
- Waymo said Wednesday it will begin driverless robotaxi rides on freeways in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles and Phoenix starting Nov. 12, 2025, with broader rollout following.
- Waymo prepared by more than a year of employee freeway testing, supplemented with closed-course testing and simulation, using two onboard computers for redundancy.
- Pierre Kreitmann said, `On freeways, critical events happen less often, and that means that there are fewer opportunities to expose our system to real scenarios`, and Waymo vehicles will stay at or below 65 mph, sometimes reaching 68, or take surface streets in heavy rain.
- Waymo says freeway driving can reduce ride times by up to 50%, creating a unified 260-mile service area that includes San Jose Mineta International Airport with a $4 airport service fee.
- Federal traffic-safety authorities opened a probe in May 2024 after 22 reports, including 17 collisions, while local officials and critics cite incidents and Waymo plans expansions to Dallas, Miami, Nashville, Las Vegas, Detroit, and London next year.
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Waymo, Alphabet's autonomous car transport company (Google), announced that it will start offering motorway trips.
Waymo will take robotaxi riders onto freeways in LA, Phoenix and the Bay Area
The self-driving car company Waymo said Wednesday it would begin offering rides on freeways for robotaxi customers in Los Angeles, Phoenix and the San Francisco Bay Area in a significant step forward for autonomous vehicles.
Waymo Launches Freeway Service In Bay Area and LA For Select Users, SFO Service Still to Come
Waymo announced Wednesday that its cars are officially being deployed on Bay Area freeways, and while not all riders will have access to the service right away, you can theoretically now take a Waymo from downtown San Francisco to downtown San Jose.Yes, everyone, the time has come when you will begin seeing driverless cars navigating local freeways, at freeway speeds, and hopefully this experiment does not go quickly south. Waymo announced that …
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