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Waymo , the Alphabet - possess ego - driving car troupe , is adding another 10 straight miles to its robotaxi service field to include urban center surrounding San Francisco .
The move , which adds Daly City , Broadmoor and Colma , push its full commercial-grade service territory to about 55 square miles . Waymosaid Tuesdayit is also lend 16 square miles of new robotaxi service area in Los Angeles , include Marina del Rey , Mar Vista , Playa Vista , and more of Hollywood , Chinatown and Westwood .
Waymo has been agitate to add more territory and reach more customers in a bid to scale its commercial operations and eventually become profitable — although that goal is still out of reach . The ever - expound service territories have helped Waymo reach several other milestones . The troupe suppose it has provided more thantwo million paid tripsto riders across all Waymo One markets , which includes Los Angeles , San Francisco and Phoenix . The company said its fleet of commercial-grade vehicle serves more than 50,000 make up trip each workweek across those same markets .
While these procedure generate revenue , Waymo ’s operations are still supported by its backers . Its parent company , Alphabet , has been the primary reference of capital , recently herald it will investanother $ 5 billioninto Waymo .
This up-to-the-minute enlargement comes several monthsafter receiving approvalfrom the California Public Utilities Commission ( CPUC ) to manoeuvre a commercial-grade robotaxi service in Los Angeles , the San Francisco Peninsula and on San Francisco freeways . Waymo has been testing its self - driving vehicle in the bang-up SF Peninsula .
Waymo has operated a commercial-grade service 24 hours a twenty-four hour period , seven days a hebdomad throughout the city of San Francisco since receiving blessing from the commission in August 2023 . The CPUC approved in March 2024 Waymo ’s request to flesh out commercial-grade operations into unexampled dominion . Waymo does n’t provide elaborate information on its global fleet . However , a spokesperson did tell TechCrunch that today there are about 300 vehicle in San Francisco , 50 in Los Angeles and 200 in Phoenix . The company also has a limited fleet that is testing in Austin . Other Waymo vehicles are still used for examination in Mountain View , California , and periodically in other areas .
Waymo said demand has increase in Los Angeles and more than 150,000 people have signed up for the waitlist . Waymoremoved the waitlistfor San Francisco passenger in June .
