Transport & space · 2020
Driverless robotaxi service
Waymo opens fully driverless paid rides to the public in Phoenix.
In October 2020 Waymo began offering public rides with no safety driver in suburban Phoenix. It expanded to San Francisco, Los Angeles and Austin and passed 250,000 paid rides per week in 2025. Tesla launched a supervised robotaxi pilot in Austin in June 2025.
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