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  • Bringing Waymo to more people, sooner

    The Waymo Team

    We’re constantly asked ‘when will Waymo come to my city?’ The answer— we’re on our way to serving major cities across the U.S. and other global cities as we work to bring the Waymo Driver to more people.

    With hundreds of thousands of weekly fully autonomous trips and over 100 million miles of public road experience, we’re entering a new chapter and accelerating our commercial expansion. If you see us driving in your city, it’s because we are working hard to serve you in the future.

  • Introducing our next city: Dallas

    The Waymo Team

    Waymo is coming to Dallas in 2026! We are thrilled to serve even more riders in the Lone Star State and bring the magic of Waymo ride-hailing to the city next year.

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    Waymo teen accounts offer peace of mind for Phoenix families

    The Waymo Team

    Waymo offers a unique solution for families to keep their teens safe, help combat FOMO, and provide much-needed independence for those navigating adolescence – welcome to Waymo teen accounts! Starting today, teens ages 14-17 in Metro Phoenix can travel independently with Waymo when linked to a parent or guardian’s account.

  • Life-saving potential of Vision Zero safety practices

    Advancing Vision Zero: Waymo’s Research on Speed and Seatbelt Safety Impact

    The Waymo Team

    At Waymo, our goal is to make streets safer for everyone – and our strong safety record reflects that commitment. From 360-degree perception to advanced collision avoidance, many factors contribute to how we help reduce crashes on public roads. But some of the most impactful safety measures are also the simplest – such as consistently obeying speed limits, ensuring seatbelt use, and driving the safest vehicles. Today, we’re sharing two new research papers that demonstrate how these fundamental practices can help move us closer to the Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and severe injuries.

  • Deployment readiness review

    Safe to Deploy: How We Know The Waymo Driver Is Ready For The Road

    The Waymo Team

    Our latest paper reveals the twelve acceptance criteria that we use to assess whether the Waymo Driver is ready for the road prior to deployment in such evolving circumstances. It also describes the governance structure that guides our decision-making and ensures accountability at every step.

  • Scaling Laws in Autonomous Driving

    New Insights for Scaling Laws in Autonomous Driving

    The Waymo Team

    Many recent AI breakthroughs have followed a common pattern: bigger models, trained on more data, with more compute, often deliver extraordinary gains. Waymo’s latest study explores whether this trend extends to autonomous driving and establishes new scaling laws in motion planning and forecasting — core autonomous vehicle (AV) capabilities.

  • Waymo vehicles in manufacturing plant parking lot

    Scaling our fleet through U.S. manufacturing

    The Waymo Team

    Scaling Waymo One and meeting the increasing demand of our riders requires a growing fleet of vehicles integrated with our generalizable Waymo Driver. To support our growing U.S. ridership, we’re investing in our American manufacturing operation with a new autonomous vehicle factory in Metro Phoenix with our partners at Magna.