Tekedra Mawakana

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. At any given moment, roughly 70 remote agents oversee Waymo's entire fleet of more than 3,000 vehicles across six American cities — a ratio of about one human for every 43 robotaxis.

Updated Feb 21

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 now provides 450,000 paid rides weekly across five U.S. cities. Baidu's Apollo Go matches that in China, operating across 22 cities from Wuhan to Dubai. Tesla, Zoox, and others are racing to catch up.

Updated Jan 8