Waymo has been cleared to serve its first airpot in California: San Jose Mineta Worldwide. The corporate introduced Thursday that it’s going to begin testing its robotaxis there within the coming months, and that it plans to begin providing industrial rides by the tip of the yr.
The corporate has spent years working towards serving airports in its dwelling state. Waymo was going back-and-forth with officers at San Francisco’s airport again in 2023 however was rebuffed. Earlier this yr, although, Waymo was granted a allow to begin manually mapping the main airport as a primary step towards launching a industrial service there.
Waymo began providing curbside drop-off and pick-up at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Worldwide Airport in late 2023, and expanded to 24/7 service in August 2024. The corporate says it has since provided “a whole lot of hundreds” of journeys to and from the Arizona airport and that it’s the most well-liked vacation spot in Phoenix.
The corporate has been on an enlargement tear these days. It has greater than 2,000 robotaxis in its nationwide fleet, with round 800 within the Bay Space, 500 in Los Angeles, 400 in Phoenix, 100 in Austin, and “dozens” in Atlanta.
Earlier this week, Waymo revealed plans to develop service to Denver and Seattle, and the corporate beforehand introduced that it’s going to launch industrial operations in Dallas, Miami, and Washington, D.C. Waymo additionally just lately acquired approval to begin testing its automobiles in New York Metropolis.
