Waymo News
Latest Waymo news, funding rounds and robotics & AI coverage. $3B raised. 20 articles tracked by The Robotics Media.
Google's autonomous vehicle subsidiary operating robotaxi services in multiple cities.
- Uber Commits $10 Billion to Reach 2,000 Robotaxis by 2027, Betting Big Before Owning None — — Uber says it will spend $10 billion to field 2,000 robotaxis by the end of 2027, leaning on partners like Zoox, Motional, Momenta and May Mobility rat...
- Waymo to Drop Uber Exclusivity in Austin and Atlanta, Launching Its Own App in 2028 — — Waymo confirmed it will stop routing all rides through Uber's app in Austin and Atlanta starting January 2028, opting for direct customer relationship...
- Tesla Begins Cybercab Testing in Detroit, Its First Real Winter-Weather Trial — — About two dozen Tesla Cybercabs are now driving Metro Detroit roads with human safety drivers, putting Tesla's robotaxi through the kind of winter wea...
- Baidu's Apollo World Simulator Aims to Make Robotaxi Testing a Data Problem, Not a Driving Problem — — Baidu launched Apollo World, an AI system that generates up to 100,000 km of simulated road driving per day to train its Apollo Go robotaxi fleet for...
- Tesla's Robotaxi Reaches Fort Worth, Its Second Texas City in a Week — — Tesla opened its Robotaxi service to the public in Fort Worth on November 2, 2026, a week after expanding coverage in Houston, as the company races to...
- Waymo Picks Toyota's bZ4X as Its Next Robotaxi for Japan and the UK — — Waymo will integrate its autonomous driving system into Toyota's 2027 bZ4X, with testing starting in Japan next year and the partnership also targetin...
- Aurora Aims For 20 Driverless Trucks A Week As DaaS Pivot Takes Shape — — CEO Chris Urmson told a Morgan Stanley conference Aurora is spinning up 20 driverless-truck deliveries a week, cutting hardware costs in half and shif...
- Waymo Opens Robotaxis To Teenagers In Nashville — — Waymo extends its teen rider program from Phoenix to Nashville, letting parents grant 13-to-17-year-olds their own driverless accounts.
- Waymo, Nihon Kotsu And GO Set 2027 Launch For Tokyo Driverless Robotaxis — — Waymo unveiled a three-way tie-up with Nihon Kotsu and mobility app GO to run about 100 Jaguar I-PACEs across seven Tokyo wards in 2027 — its first pa...
- Waymo Sets 2028 Robotaxi Launch in Singapore, Its First Southeast Asia Market — — Alphabet's Waymo will bring its all-electric robotaxi service to Singapore in 2028, using Jaguar I-PACE vehicles and a 2027 manual-driving training ph...
- Waymo Turns On Public Driverless Rides In Las Vegas, Its 15th U.S. City — — Waymo has begun public driverless robotaxi service on the Las Vegas Strip, opening its 15th U.S. commercial market and capping a four-city September e...
- Autonomous Solutions Puts 255,000 Acres Of Florida Sugarcane On Autopilot With John Deere — — Utah-based Autonomous Solutions has stood up what it calls the largest autonomous vehicle fleet in the history of American sugarcane farming with U.S....
- Waymo opens Las Vegas robotaxi service, its 15th market — — Waymo has started paid rides on the Las Vegas Strip using its Zeekr-built Ojai minivans, adding Nevada's biggest city to a network that now spans 15 U...
- Waymo, Nihon Kotsu And GO Set 2027 Launch For Tokyo's First Fully Autonomous Robotaxi Service — — Waymo, Nihon Kotsu and Japan's largest taxi-hailing app GO have formally agreed to launch an unmanned commercial ride-hailing service in Tokyo in 2027...
- Waymo Launches Robotaxi In Denver, San Diego And Tampa, Adding Zeekr Ojai — — Waymo's public robotaxi service now covers 14 U.S. cities as Denver, San Diego and Tampa go live, with the Zeekr-built Ojai minivan serving two of the...
- Waymo Opens Paid Robotaxi Rides in Denver, San Diego and Tampa — — Waymo brings driverless commercial service to 14 U.S. cities as its Zeekr-built Ojai minivan debuts in Denver and San Diego.
- Lyft Turns On Waymo Robotaxi Matching In Nashville As Uber Exclusivity Cracks — — Nashville riders can now be matched with a Waymo autonomous vehicle straight from the Lyft app, the first US city where the same driverless fleet live...
- Waymo Adds Denver, San Diego And Tampa To Robotaxi Map, Now Live In 14 US Cities — — Waymo has begun offering public robotaxi rides in Denver, San Diego and Tampa, extending its commercial network to 14 US cities and rolling out the ne...
- Zoox Robotaxi Service Expands To Las Vegas Airport, First Driverless AV At LAS — — Amazon-owned Zoox extended its commercial robotaxi service in Las Vegas to Harry Reid International Airport on September 3, becoming the first driverl...
- Tesla Unveils Production Cybercab At September 3 Austin Launch Event — — Tesla formally unveiled the two-seat production Cybercab at a downtown Austin event on September 3, 2026, kicking off its next robotaxi push against W...