Waymo announced it will begin offering robotaxi rides in four new cities: Las Vegas, Denver, San Diego, and Tampa, Florida.The company was already providing rides to passengers in over 10 cities. After the expansion, it expects to first offer rides to employees in the coming weeks, then expand to the general public, it said Wednesday. It also expects to expand to London later this year.“Each city is on its own timeline, but we’re working to welcome riders in each of these new cities by the end of the year,” Waymo said.
Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet that raised $16 billion in February, currently holds a dominant market share in the U.S. robotaxi business, with a domestic fleet of roughly 4,000 vehicles equipped with the company’s fifth- and sixth-generation automated driving systems, which have provided 20 million autonomous rides overall.The company delivers more than 500,000 autonomous electric-vehicle trips per week and expects to hit 1 million paid weekly robotaxi rides by the end of the year, according to Bloomberg.Although Waymo surpasses its competitors, they are making gains. For instance, Zoox, which joined forces with Amazon in 2020, served 300,000 riders as of March 2026, according to Forbes. It also expects to expand its robotaxi service in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Miami, and Austin, and is currently testing in various U.S. markets, including D.C. Similarly, Tesla is growing in Texas and Florida.SPACEX LAUNCHES GROK 4.5 ON SAME DAY OPENAI ROLLS OUT NEW MODELDespite its expansion, Waymo has faced challenges on the road. For instance, the company has had to suspend services after cars drove into flooded roads, according to the New York Times. Additionally, during Independence Day weekend, some vehicles in San Francisco were stuck in traffic for so long that their batteries died, while another was seen driving into fireworks, according to CNBC.Another challenge could be snow, something to consider as the company expands to Denver. Waymo has said that it has amassed tens of thousands of miles in snowy conditions.
