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U.S. cities where you can now ride in an autonomous vehicle

You can currently ride in a Waymo self-driving car in San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, and soon in Austin and Atlanta via the Waymo One app or Uber app.

Waymo also announced that in 2026, their service will be ready for riders in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Miami. Similar services from Tesla and Lyft may also be available next year.

Waymo’s driverless cars reach Silicon Valley, but when can you hail a ride to SFO airport?

When you’re a robot, all roads eventually lead back to Silicon Valley. Waymo, which share’s Google’s same parent company…(NBC Bay Area)

Waymo is now offering 24/7 robotaxi rides in Silicon Valley

Waymo is kicking off the process of making its robotaxi service in Silicon Valley commercially available to everyone…(The Verge)

Tesla gets first in a series of permits it needs to run robotaxis in California

Tesla received the first in a series of approvals from California required for the electric car maker to eventually launch…(Reuters)

Waymo Raises $5.6 Billion From Outside Investors (The New York Times)

Tesla investors, analysts have questions on the potential of robotaxis and self-driving (Yahoo Finance)

Waymo dominated U.S. robotaxi market in 2024, but Tesla and Amazon’s Zoox loom (CNBC)

Robotaxis: Driverless cars arriving in US cities

Imagine getting into a taxi, setting off to your destination, only to find there’s no one driving the car. This is now a reality in some cities in the USA, as a company has launched its own fleet of robotaxis – or driverless cars…(BBC)

Waymo Expands Self-Driving Taxi Service Around San Francisco, Los Angeles

Waymo is expanding its autonomous ride-hailing service into the San Francisco Peninsula, as well as more parts of Los Angeles, the company said Tuesday. It’s adding 10 square miles around…(CNET)

Waymo plans to bring its driverless taxis to Washington in 2026

Waymo on Tuesday added Washington to its pioneering robotaxi service’s steadily expanding list of U.S. markets, although passengers will have to wait until next year until they can take a driverless ride around the nation’s capital city…(AP News)

Waymo’s autonomous cars are en route to San Diego: Where they’ll be driving (FOX 5 San Diego)

Robotaxi company Waymo to start appearing on San Diego roads (NBC 7)

Waymo Testing Self-Driving Cars in San Diego Neighborhoods (GovTech)

Robotaxis | Why some San Diego residents give the green light, others want to pump brakes (CBS 8)

Tesla’s Paid Robotaxi Service Slated to Start in Austin in June (Car & Driver)

More self-driving robotaxis could come to Austin in 2025 (KVUE)

Uber expands Waymo driverless car service to Austin (GMA)

Austin is the new capital of the robotaxi wars (Business Insider)

Robotaxi pioneer Waymo expanding to South Bay, including most of San Jose, and gets SFO foothold

Waymo, the pioneering autonomous-vehicle company that emerged victorious from bitter battles over robot taxis in San Francisco before expanding to the Peninsula, will begin testing…(The Mercury News)

Waymo lands access to SFO in huge boost to robotaxi ambitions

The autonomous vehicle company won a 30-day permit to begin mapping roadways at SFO, Mayor Daniel Lurie’s office announced on Monday, in a major step for Waymo’s robotaxi ambitions in the Bay Area…(SFGATE)