Overview

• Waymo will begin road tests in London within weeks using trained safety drivers, targeting paid rides in 2026 subject to regulatory clearance.
• The service will use all-electric Jaguar I‑PACE vehicles, with mobility firm Moove running operations, maintenance and charging depots.
• Permissions fall under the U.K.’s small-scale passenger pilots planned for spring 2026, with broader deployment expected after the Automated Vehicles Act takes full effect in late 2027.
• London becomes Waymo’s first European market and its second international city following testing that began in Tokyo this year.
• Waymo has not said when it will remove safety drivers or how large the initial fleet will be, while Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander publicly welcomed the plan.