Overview
- Freeway-capable trips start with early-access users, with riders matched to highways only when that route is meaningfully quicker.
- Waymo says its vehicles can retain control if a system fails, supported by freeway-specific protocols developed with local safety agencies.
- The company remains the only operator of a paid U.S. robotaxi service without in-vehicle safety drivers or monitors and fields a fleet of over 1,500 vehicles.
- Service now reaches San Jose, including Mineta San Jose International Airport, the second airport in Waymo’s network after Phoenix Sky Harbor.
- The expansion proceeds as Tesla offers app-based rides with human drivers and Zoox provides free robotaxi rides on and around the Las Vegas Strip.