Waymo, a leading self-driving technology company, has announced significant milestones in its robotaxi service. The company has provided 4 million driverless rides in its operating cities of Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles in 2024 alone, highlighting its rapid growth and dominance in the industry.
While its rivals have been stuck in perpetual testing or forced to shut down completely due to dry coffers, Waymo has quietly amassed a legitimate robotaxi business that continues to grow and evolve. And today, it showed off a few numbers that underscore just how far ahead of the rest of the industry it is. Chief among those is the number 4 million, which is how many driverless rides the company provided in the three cities in which it operates: Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
Waymo says it has provided a total of 5 million driverless rides in its three key markets, which means nearly all of its growth took place this year alone. Waymo’s service area is small but growing — the company says that it services 500 square miles cumulatively across all three of its main cities, as well as Austin, where it is still operating with a waitlist. The company plans to launch in Atlanta and Miami and recently said it would test its vehicles in Japan. 'Four million driverless trips in 2024' Waymo riders spent a cumulative 11 million hours in the company’s autonomous vehicles. And since switching over to electric vehicles only, Waymo has helped avoid over 6 million kilograms of CO2 emissions. (Assuming an avoided emissions rate of 237g / passenger mile, vehicle occupancy of 1.5 passengers, and average trip length of 4.1 miles.) Today, every Waymo customer will receive their own personalized Year in Review through the company’s Waymo One app. Think of it as a Spotify Wrapped for fully driverless vehicles. They’ll see their own stats, including miles traveled, emissions avoided, favorite destinations, and more. The most popular destinations in each city this year were Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, the Ferry Building in San Francisco, and The Grove shopping center in L
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