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Self-driving technology company Waymo Announced on Tuesday It is expanding its driverless ride-hailing services to four new cities — three in Texas and one in Florida. The invitations will go out immediately to select Waymo customers in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Orlando, allowing people there to take their first local ride. Robot taxi rides.
The new areas for Waymo’s self-driving cars span 60 square miles in San Antonio and Orlando, 50 square miles in Dallas, and 25 square miles in Houston, with an initial focus on downtown areas.
This operational expansion is part of a recent trend in passenger transportation service. Before now, Waymo’s driverless rides have been available in six US cities. The company’s robotics service Its operations have been expanded In Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, and Austin, Texas. In January, Waymo demonstrated its first driverless rides in Miami. Across all six operating regions, Waymo’s self-driving vehicles have traveled more than 200 million cumulative miles.
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More cities to come
In the first quarter of 2026, Waymo doubled the number of U.S. cities in which it offers driverless ride-hailing services, with plans to add more.
Waymo, which is owned by Alphabet, Google’s parent company, plans to expand further in 2026. The company is laying the groundwork for future operations in Denver, Nashville, Las Vegas and Washington, D.C. Waymo is also looking to expand globally, with plans to bring its self-driving vehicles to London and Tokyo.
Currently, driverless rides are limited to surface streets in most operating areas. While this imposes limits on how fast Waymo can travel, street driving provides more controllable conditions for Waymo’s self-driving cars. In November, Waymo began a public trial Offering self-driving tours on the highway In Phoenix, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
In addition to expanding services to new urban areas in the United States, Waymo has been piloting a new generation of self-driving vehicles. While users currently praise electricity Jaguar I-Pace In every city where Waymo has consumer-facing operations, that could change very soon.
Waymo Sixth generation driverless technology It’s debuted on the roads in San Francisco and Los Angeles — though it’s currently only available to Waymo employees. The sixth generation technology will be integrated into the Ojai (also known as… Zicker RT) before being deployed to the fleet of Hyundai IONIQ 5 Electric vehicles.
6G technology and off-highway driving capabilities are not yet available in the new operating areas throughout Texas and Florida.