March 12, 2025
Waymo One is providing hundreds of thousands of fully autonomous trips each week in Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Austin. A new report examines how Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hailing enhances the tourism industry in San Francisco, and helps generate tens of millions of dollars in additional economic activity for the region.
February 13, 2025
As part of ongoing work to define and operationalize good driving, Waymo presents our latest research on Drivership — a framing concept that helps unpack the complexity behind the evaluation of good driving behavior — whether fully autonomous, human, or somewhere in between.
February 4, 2025
Today – on Transit Equity Day – Waymo is kicking off a transit credit pilot program in Los Angeles.
December 19, 2024
Today, we’re sharing our new cutting-edge research with Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading reinsurers, analyzing liability claims related to collisions from 25.3 million fully autonomous miles driven by Waymo. The study uses auto liability claims aggregate statistics as a proxy for at-fault collisions and expands on our previous research. It demonstrates that as we’ve scaled operations across Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Austin, the Waymo Driver significantly outperforms both the overall driving population and the latest generation of human-driven vehicles equipped with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).
December 18, 2024
2024 has been a year of incredible growth, connection, and learning for Waymo. We couldn’t be more grateful for our riders and the trust they’ve placed in us to serve over 150,000 trips every week.
December 16, 2024
こんにちは(Konnichiwa) and hello, Japan! We’re thrilled to announce that Waymo, in partnership with Nihon Kotsu and GO, will bring our autonomous vehicles to Tokyo for our first international road trip. There, our Driver will learn and adapt to left-hand traffic and new driving nuances associated with operating in one of the world’s most densely populated urban environments.
December 13, 2024
Waymo’s ongoing education and engagement with emergency responders is crucial to operating our trusted, fully autonomous Waymo One ride-hailing service. Today, we are proud to share that Waymo’s First Responder Program was independently reviewed by TÜV SÜD, a global leader in safety testing and certification, making it the industry’s first such program to be validated according to industry best practices by a third-party.
