Today November 13, 2025, 10:01 PM
Today November 13, 2025, 10:01 PM
The driverless ride-hailing company Waymo began offering rides this week on freeways in the Los Angeles area, as well as in the Bay Area and Phoenix.
Introducing rides on freeways âis built on real-world performance and millions of miles logged on freeways, skillfully handling highway dynamics with our employees and guests in Phoenix, San Francisco and Los Angeles,â according to Waymo.
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âThis experience, reinforced by comprehensive testing as well as extensive operational preparation, supports the delivery of a safe and reliable service. Weâve also closely collaborated with safety officials, to seamlessly support this new phase of service,â the company said.
Waymoâs robotaxi service has been operating on Los Angeles-area streets for about a year. Wednesday marked the first day that the service moved onto area freeways, following extensive testing.
âFreeway driving is one of those things thatâs very easy to learn but very hard to master when weâre talking about full autonomy without a human driver as a backup, and at scale. So, it took time to do it properly,â Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov told reporters in a briefing discussing the expansion.
