Waymo Boasts “Exponential Scaling” – CleanTechnica

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A couple of weeks in the past, Waymo introduced that it was starting operations, slowly and punctiliously, in 5 extra cities. This week, the corporate introduced that service is now totally autonomous and underway 24/7 in Orlando, Florida, and San Antonio, Texas.

Now at 10 cities with totally autonomous robotaxis in operation, Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov factors out that the corporate has doubled the variety of cities the place its totally autonomous robotaxis are working inside just some weeks. He mentions that “exponential scaling” is ongoing and so they plan to enter extra cities quickly.

“Doubling cities rapidly exhibits Waymo’s system handles numerous environments with out main retraining or delays,” one particular person commented in response. One other commenter requested, “When will you serve every of those markets with hundreds of autos? Proper now SF is the one market with anyplace near a enough variety of autos!”

That’s not the tip but, although. A couple of hours in the past, Waymo shared that the New York Metropolis Division of Transportation had prolonged its autonomous driving allow by way of March 31, 2026. “Whereas there may be not but a authorized path to working in New York, we’re excited to proceed laying the groundwork for serving New Yorkers sooner or later.” So, no robotaxis in New York but, and never even a transparent authorized method to get there, however … progress.

Is exponential scaling going to actually be ongoing? If that’s the case, what number of cities will Waymo be working in subsequent December? And what number of Waymo robotaxis will likely be on the street?