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Waymo continues to develop its robotaxi service. Whereas it’s been in San Francisco for some time, Waymo simply prolonged its companies down the area into the center of Silicon Valley, the place it began. As of yesterday, Waymo is providing its Waymo One robotaxi companies in Mountain View (the house of Google), Los Altos, Palo Alto, and elements of Sunnyvale.
I bear in mind the primary time I noticed Google’s self-driving automobiles. I used to be visiting the Bay Space with my spouse and seen a car in Palo Alto with a bizarre wanting factor spinning round on prime and a Google brand on the door. Apologies for the poor video high quality of my digital camera on the time, however this was mid-2012 and it was what it was:
As you possibly can see, “self-driving automobile” was additionally written on the entrance doorways. That is the place the seeds of Waymo had been planted. Now that the expertise has sprouted and is maturing, the corporate is launching robotaxi companies again in these preliminary testing neighborhoods and cities.
In publish a publish on LinkedIn, the corporate wrote the next yesterday: “1000’s of pleasant reminiscences made on the highway, but nothing beats returning residence. We’re again to the place our story started within the South Bay, regularly welcoming riders in Mountain View, Los Altos, Palo Alto, and elements of Sunnyvale beginning in the present day. 👀 Keep watch over the app to see when it’s your flip to journey!”
Waymo posted a bit extra on X, beginning with “We’ve made tens of millions of miles of reminiscences over the previous 15+ years, however in the present day is particular. We’re returning to the place the journey started, regularly opening our doorways to our first public riders in Mountain View, Los Altos, Palo Alto, and elements of Sunnyvale.”
We’ve made tens of millions of miles of reminiscences over the previous 15+ years, however in the present day is particular. We’re returning to the place the journey started, regularly opening our doorways to our first public riders in Mountain View, Los Altos, Palo Alto, and elements of Sunnyvale. pic.twitter.com/DhWFtBdL4A
— Waymo (@Waymo) March 11, 2025
A followup tweet (if we are able to nonetheless name them that) confirmed the precise service space Waymo One is increasing into:
We’ll regularly add riders to this new service space over time, as we work to deliver Waymo One to extra of the Bay Space. Keep watch over the app in the event you’re an space native. Who’s able to journey? pic.twitter.com/egHh2claxJ
— Waymo (@Waymo) March 11, 2025
One has to imagine Waymo One will likely be fairly common in Silicon Valley. It’s additionally a bit humorous that the service hadn’t been working there till yesterday. I lived in Sunnyvale for a couple of months, and it looks as if this space needs to be comparatively simple for Waymo robotaxis to function in. But it surely’s attention-grabbing to see every step of Waymo’s growth. I’m wondering what number of extra cities Waymo will transfer into in 2025.
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