Waymo has doubled its weekly paid robotaxi trips to 100,000 since May

After Alphabet invested another $5 billion in Waymo, the robotaxi venture is hitting new milestones.

Alphabet-owned Waymo on Tuesday announced that it provides more than 100,000 paid robotaxi rides per week to users in the U.S., double the number it announced in May.

Alphabet announced in July that it would invest another $5 billion into the driverless vehicle venture. Waymo aims to expand its service beyond the Sun Belt states where it now operates, with its"generation 6" system integrated into Geely Zeekr electric vehicles.-owned driverless vehicle venture told CNBC on Tuesday that San Francisco now"serves the most trips" among the cities where Waymo operates its commercial service: San Francisco, Phoenix, Austin and Los Angeles.

Waymo, which boasts around 700 vehicles in its fleet today, operates the only commercial robotaxi service in the U.S., Waymo One.Waymo previously partnered with the ridehailing giant Uber in Phoenix to bring its service to the app's existing users there. In a statement on Tuesday, Waymo noted that in June 2024, it added 90 square miles to its service in Phoenix as well, making it the largest autonomous ride-hailing"territory" in the states.

While CNBC could not independently confirm the company's safety claims, Waymo also says that"over 14.8 million rider-only miles driven, the Waymo Driver was 3.5x better in avoiding crashes that caused injuries and 3x better in avoiding police-reported crashes than human drivers."that took its driverless vehicles off the road temporarily, and companies including Uber and Ford have shuttered their efforts to develop robotaxis.

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