Waymo Robotaxis grows in even more cities in California

Waymo widens its Robotaxi service area by 80 square miles in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay region and Silicon Valley, the company announced on Tuesday.

The Waymo sales area now covers more than 250 square miles across California, pushing Jaguar I-Pace vehicles without driver in new pockets of three populated metropolitan areas. The expansion comes a little more than a week after several Waymo Robotaxis was burned and vandalized During the demonstrations in Los Angeles on the immigration raids of the Trump administration.

Waymo Robotaxis burned – images that have become emblematic of these events – prompted the company to withdraw the service in Los Angeles. Waymo took additional measures on Friday and National service at the national level In the preparation of generalized protests concerning immigration policies.

Waymo spokesperson Chris Bonelli said the company continuously assessed and adjusted its operations according to traffic conditions, special events and local councils. He confirmed that the company still temporarily limits the Waymo service in some parts of Los Angeles, including the city center, and said that it would soon monitor the developing situation and increase the service.

However, these incidents do not seem to slow down the push of the company belonging to Alphabet in new markets. (The new areas of it appear in light blue.)

Waymo said that from Tuesday, its service will now be available for riders in communities in the San Francisco Bay region of Brisbane, south of San Francisco, San Bruno, Millbrae and Burlingame, as well as cities of Silicon Valley de Palo Alto and Menlo Park.

Waymo declared that he would broaden his service area in Los Angeles, from Wednesday, in the districts of Playa del Rey, Ladera Heights, Echo Park, Silver Lake and the entire Sunset Boulevard. The runners will now be able to travel from mid-city to Inglewood and Westchester via Cienega and Brea, according to Waymo, which says that it now serves more than 120 square miles of the county of the.

Business growth – In terms of weekly travel paid in San Francisco, La, Phoenix and Austin – Quintuple since June 2024. Today, Waymo serves more than a quarter of a million trips paid per week on these four markets. Waymo’s commercial fleet includes more than 400 vehicles in Los Angeles and more than 600 in the San Francisco Bay region.