Waymo CEO Tekedra Mawakana says she thinks the company could reach 1 million weekly paid autonomous rides this year, Bloomberg reports. That would be more than double the roughly 400,000 weekly rides the Alphabet subsidiary is currently providing after quadrupling service in 2025.
The company plans to get there by adding new vehicle models to its fleet and expanding into additional markets this year, including Washington, Detroit, Las Vegas, San Diego, and Denver. Waymo currently operates in six cities, having expanded to Miami in January, and has more than 2,500 fully driverless vehicles on the road.
Its biggest competitor, Tesla, says it is operating about 500 robotaxis, which for the most part have human drivers, in two markets: Austin and the San Francisco Bay Area.
