Tekedra Mawakana

New Capabilities

Leading Waymo's expansion to new cities

For years, Waymo said its driverless cars were safer than people. On July 23, 2026, an independent insurance research group backed that claim with its own data.

Updated Jul 27

New Capabilities

Leading Waymo's business expansion into new cities

For years, autonomous vehicle companies kept a basic operational question unanswered: how many humans does it actually take to run a driverless fleet? On February 4, 2026, Waymo's chief safety officer told a Senate committee the number: roughly 70 remote agents oversee more than 3,000 vehicles in six American cities at any given moment—a ratio of about one per 43 robotaxis.

Updated May 29

New Capabilities

Leading Waymo's commercial expansion to 12 new cities by 2026

MIT Technology Review named robotaxis a breakthrough technology on January 3, 2025, marking the moment driverless cars moved from lab experiments to real-world service. Waymo provides 450,000 paid rides weekly across five U.S. cities, while Baidu's Apollo Go matches that in China, operating across 22 cities from Wuhan to Dubai, with Tesla, Zoox, and others racing to catch up.

Updated May 19