Waymo

3 entries between December 2018 and January 2025, 2 releases.

Every entry

  1. Waymo’s robotaxi rides roughly triple to about 14 million

    Waymo’s driverless service averaged roughly 269,000 paid trips a week over the year while working toward a stated target of a million a week, ending it with an estimated 2,500 vehicles in Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, and other cities, and about 14 million rides.

  2. Waymo opens driverless robotaxi rides to the Phoenix public

    Waymo opened fully driverless Waymo One rides, with no human safety driver, to the general public in the Phoenix metropolitan area on 8 October 2020, starting with existing riders and widening access through its app over the following weeks.

  3. Waymo One begins paid robotaxi rides near Phoenix

    Waymo opened Waymo One on 5 December 2018, a ride-hailing app offering trips in autonomous minivans around Phoenix, including Tempe, Mesa, and Chandler. A trained safety driver sat behind the wheel, and access was limited to members of an earlier rider program.

Releases

Date Release Maker Family Kind What it was
2020
Waymo One (fully driverless, public) Waymo product Robotaxi rides with no safety driver opened to the general public in Phoenix.
2018
Waymo One Waymo product The first commercial robotaxi service, in the Phoenix area, with a safety driver behind the wheel.