On May 14, Waymo said it is recalling 1,212 self-driving vehicles operating on the company’s older fifth-generation automated driving system (ADS) software for updates and to address the risk of collisions with chains, gates and other roadway barriers after the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHT

Waymo announced it is investing in a new vehicle manufacturing plant in Mesa, Arizona along with its manufacturing partner Magna Steyr, where it plans to build more than 2,000 Jaguar I-Pace vehicles through 2026 with Waymo’s fully autonomous technology, which it designs and assemble in the U.S.
Magna built the I-Pace

On May 1, Waymo announced in a research paper that its Waymo Driver is making significant strides in reducing severe crashes and improving the safety of those most at risk.
The paper, accepted to be published in the Traffic Injury Prevention Journal, expands on Waymo’s Safety Impact Hub research, providing a deeper a

On April 30, Toyota Motor Corporation and Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo announced that they have reached a preliminary agreement to explore a strategic collaboration focused on accelerating the development and deployment of autonomous driving technologies.
Toyota and Waymo aim to combine their respective strengt

On March 4, Uber launched Waymo autonomous vehicle (AV) rides in Austin, allowing riders to be matched with a fully autonomous, all-electric Jaguar I-PACE when requesting UberX, Uber Green, Uber Comfort, or Uber Comfort Electric at no extra cost. Riders can unlock the vehicle, access the trunk, and start the trip dir

On January 29, Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo announced it plans to expand testing of its autonomous driving technology in over 10 new cities in 2025.
In addition to ongoing trips to Truckee, Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Upstate New York and Tokyo, the expansion includes testing in San Diego and Las Vegas, with mo

On December 16, Waymo announced that it is partnering with Nihon Kotsu and GO to bring our autonomous vehicles to Tokyo for its first international venture. There, Waymo Driver will adapt to left-hand traffic and learn how to serve Tokyo’s residents, while validating its technology and evaluating how its AI-powered d

On December 5, Waymo announced that the Waymo One service will be expanding to Miami, Florida. 
In early 2025, Waymo will begin reacquainting its all-electric Jaguar I-PACEs to Miami's streets for mapping and other pre-deployment procedures. 
In 2026, Waymo will begin offering service to riders there through a new pa

On November 12, Waymo announced it is scrapping its waitlist for the Los Angeles area and has opened up its robotaxi rides for anyone with the Waymo One app. 
This comes after Waymo rolled out commercial operations in LA earlier in 2024, with nearly 300,000 people joining a waitlist to ride. Now, any interested passe

On October 25, Waymo said it had closed a USD 5.6 billion funding round led by the Google parent, Alphabet, as it looks to expand its autonomous ride-hailing service.
The investment round also saw participation from existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Fidelity, Perry Creek, Silver Lake, Tiger Global, an

On October 4, Hyundai Motor Company and Waymo announced they have entered into a multi-year, strategic partnership. 
In the first phase of this partnership, the companies will integrate Waymo's sixth-generation fully autonomous technology, the Waymo Driver, into Hyundai's all-electric IONIQ 5 SUV, which will be added

On September 18, it was reported that Waymo is in talks with Hyundai Motor to outsource manufacturing of its self-driving vehicles.
Officials at Waymo and Hyundai Motor have met more than three times to discuss a plan to use Hyundai's Ioniq 5 electric vehicles for Waymo's sixth-generation self-driving technology, acc

On September 13, Uber Technologies and Waymo announced an expansion of their existing partnership to make the Waymo Driver available to more people via Uber.
Beginning in early 2025, Waymo and Uber will bring autonomous ride-hailing to Austin and Atlanta on the Uber app. Uber will manage and dispatch a fleet of Waymo

Waymo introduced its sixth-generation Waymo Driver system on August 19, 2024.
The new Waymo Driver hardware system has been optimized to provide improved sensing performance while reducing costs. It includes 13 cameras, 4 lidar sensors, 6 radars, and an array of external audio receivers.
The sensor suite provides ove

Several South Korean media sources reported that SK Hynix Inc. has begun supplying the third-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM), the HBM2E, to a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Waymo LLC.
SK Hynix has produced HBM2E specifically for automotive and high-performance computing, making the company the first to commercial

On August 6, 2024, Waymo announced that it would expand the service area of its autonomous ride hailing service in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Starting August 6, Waymo will expand its operational range in San Francisco to include the San Francisco Peninsula, adding in Daly City, Broadmoor, and Colma. On August 7,

On July 23, Waymo’s parent company, Alphabet, said it will make a USD 5 billion investment, spread over over multiple years, in its self-driving subsidiary. 
"This is consistent with enabling Waymo to build the world's leading self-driving technology," Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat said during the company's quarterly earni

On June 25, 2024, Waymo announced that it opened its autonomous vehicle ride-hailing service in San Francisco, California to the public. Waymo has been operating in San Francisco since 2021, testing autonomous vehicles. The company had commercially launched its ride-hailing service in San Francisco in late 2023. Waym

On June 10, 2024, Waymo announced a recall of 672 of its self-driving vehicles following an incident in May 2024 in which one of Waymo’s driverless vehicles struck a wooden utility pole in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. According to Waymo, the incident occurred in an alleyway when the driverless vehicle was executing a low-s