What\u2019s new at Waymo
The world's most experienced autonomous driver
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Waymo Closes $5 Billion Debt Financing to Accelerate Business Expansion
Waymo closed a $5 billion term loan, marking the company's first debt financing. This represents an important step in Waymo's evolution into a scaling commercial enterprise.
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Sober Drivers Still Face Nearly 4x Nighttime Risk: Why Road Safety Demands a Safe System Approach
Waymo published research showing sober drivers face nearly 4x higher risk at night, advocating for systematic safety approaches.
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Waymo Closes $5 Billion Debt Financing to Accelerate Business Expansion
Waymo secured $5 billion in debt financing to fund expansion of its autonomous vehicle operations.
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Preparing for the Unexpected: A New Framework for AV Incident Management Exercises
Waymo introduced a new framework for conducting autonomous vehicle incident management exercises.
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Introducing transit rewards
Waymo launched a transit rewards program in the San Francisco Bay Area that gives riders Waymo Cash when they connect rides with public transit using their Visa card. The program will expand to future cities.
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Introducing transit rewards
Waymo launched a transit rewards program for users.
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Singapore, Next Stop: Bringing Scalable, Safe Autonomous Mobility to the Lion City
Waymo announced its expansion to Singapore as part of its global growth strategy. The company will bring its autonomous mobility service to the city-state.
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Singapore, Next Stop: Bringing Scalable, Safe Autonomous Mobility to the Lion City
Waymo announced expansion plans to Singapore, bringing autonomous vehicle services to the city-state.
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Vegas, Deal Us In! We're welcoming riders today
Waymo launched public ride service in Las Vegas, providing fully autonomous trips to residents and visitors. This marks another city expansion for Waymo's commercial operations.
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Opening our doors to Tokyo riders in 2027 with Nihon Kotsu and GO
Waymo partnered with Nihon Kotsu and GO to launch a commercial unmanned ride-hailing service in Tokyo in 2027. The service will offer fully autonomous rides through the GO and Waymo apps.
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Vegas, Deal Us In! We're welcoming riders today
Waymo launched public autonomous ride-hailing service in Las Vegas, expanding to provide fully autonomous trips for residents and visitors.
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Welcoming our first riders in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa
Waymo began offering public autonomous rides in three new cities, bringing the total to 14 cities with fully autonomous ride-hailing service.
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Welcoming our first riders in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa
Waymo begins offering fully autonomous ride-hailing service to public riders in three new cities. This expansion brings Waymo's service to 14 total cities.
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10 AI Lessons from Driving 200+ Million Fully Autonomous Miles
Waymo shared ten fundamental insights about building AI systems based on their experience driving over 200 million autonomous miles.
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Servus München: Waymo is Coming to Germany
Waymo announced plans to launch fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Munich, Germany, marking international expansion.
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Servus München: Waymo is Coming to Germany
Waymo announces plans to launch its fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Munich, Germany. This marks the company's first expansion into the European market.
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Servus München: Waymo is Coming to Germany
Waymo announced it is laying the groundwork for its fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Munich, Germany. This marks the company's expansion into the European market.
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Servus München: Waymo is Coming to Germany
Waymo announced its expansion into Germany, specifically Munich, marking its first entry into the European market.
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Setting the Global Standard for Privacy in Autonomous Mobility
Waymo outlined their privacy approach for riders, partners, and road users as they expand to serve more customers globally.
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Setting the Global Standard for Privacy in Autonomous Mobility
Waymo outlined new privacy standards and protections for autonomous vehicle data collection and user information.
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A look under our trunk: what's in our compute
Waymo reveals details about their custom compute hardware and silicon designed for real-time autonomous driving. The system is co-designed with sensors and algorithms for deterministic, low-latency performance.
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Say hi to new Ojai in-car experience
Waymo unveils new in-car features for the Ojai vehicle including Gemini AI integration and a redesigned user interface. The Ojai is designed as a premium ride-hailing cabin experience.
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Say hi to new Ojai in-car experience
Waymo unveiled new in-car features for the Ojai vehicle including Gemini in Waymo and a redesigned user interface. The Ojai is designed as a premium ride-hailing cabin experience.
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Say hi to new Ojai in-car experience
Waymo introduced Ojai, a new in-car experience system for passengers during autonomous rides.
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Say hi to new Ojai in-car experience
Waymo introduces new in-car features for the Ojai vehicle including Gemini AI integration and a redesigned user interface. The Ojai is designed as a premium ride-hailing cabin experience.
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Say hi to new Ojai in-car experience
Waymo unveiled new in-car features for the Ojai vehicle including Gemini in Waymo and a redesigned user interface. The Ojai is designed as a premium ride-hailing vehicle with a flexible cabin space.
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Say hi to new Ojai in-car experience
Waymo unveiled new in-car features for the Ojai vehicle including Gemini AI integration and a redesigned user interface. The Ojai is designed as a premium ride-hailing vehicle with a flexible cabin space.
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Say hi to new Ojai in-car experience
Waymo introduces a new in-car experience called Ojai for riders.
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Not All Miles are Equal: Why Time and Location Matter When Benchmarking Autonomous Safety
Waymo publishes research in Traffic Injury Prevention examining how time and location factors affect crash risk analysis. The studies highlight differences between highway commutes and downtown nightlife driving scenarios.
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Not All Miles are Equal: Why Time and Location Matter When Benchmarking Autonomous Safety
Waymo published two peer-reviewed studies in Traffic Injury Prevention examining how time and location factors affect crash risk analysis for autonomous vehicles. The research addresses gaps in current safety benchmarking methods.
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Not All Miles are Equal: Why Time and Location Matter When Benchmarking Autonomous Safety
Waymo publishes research on autonomous vehicle safety benchmarking methodology.
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Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience
Waymo launched Waymo Premier, a premium tier service offering an elevated experience for top riders. The service provides enhanced features and benefits for frequent users.
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Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience
Waymo launched Premier, a premium tier service offering an elevated experience for top riders. The new service tier provides enhanced features and benefits for frequent users.
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Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience
Waymo launches Premier, a premium tier service offering enhanced rider experience.
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Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience
Waymo launched Premier, a premium tier service offering an elevated experience for top riders. The new service tier provides enhanced features for frequent users of Waymo's autonomous ride-hailing platform.
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Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience
Waymo launched Premier, a premium tier service offering an elevated experience for top riders. The new service tier provides enhanced features and amenities for frequent users.
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Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience
Waymo launched Waymo Premier, a premium tier service offering an elevated experience for top riders of their autonomous ride-hailing service.
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Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience
Waymo launched Premier, a new premium tier service offering enhanced rider experience features. The service provides priority status and elevated amenities for riders.
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Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience
Waymo launched Premier, a premium tier service offering an elevated experience for top riders of their autonomous ride-hailing service.
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Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience
Waymo launched Premier, a new premium service tier offering an enhanced rider experience with additional features and amenities.
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Introducing Waymo's New Reference Model for Human Collision Avoidance
Waymo published joint research with TU Delft in Nature Communications advancing an active inference framework to model human crash-avoidance behavior. The work provides a benchmark for collision avoidance capabilities.
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Introducing Waymo's New Reference Model for Human Collision Avoidance
Waymo releases a new reference model for human collision avoidance technology.
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Introducing Waymo's New Reference Model for Human Collision Avoidance
Waymo developed a new reference model for human collision avoidance to improve autonomous vehicle safety benchmarking. The model provides better standards for evaluating collision prevention capabilities.
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Introducing Waymo's New Reference Model for Human Collision Avoidance
Waymo developed a new reference model for human collision avoidance to improve autonomous vehicle safety benchmarking. The model provides better standards for measuring collision avoidance performance.
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Introducing Waymo's New Reference Model for Human Collision Avoidance
Waymo released a new reference model designed to improve collision avoidance capabilities by better predicting human behavior patterns.
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A second life for EV batteries, clean energy for communities
Waymo announced a partnership with B2U Storage Solutions to repurpose retired EV batteries from their fleet for local electricity grid storage. The program gives batteries a second life powering communities.
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A second life for EV batteries, clean energy for communities
Waymo announced a partnership to repurpose electric vehicle batteries for community clean energy projects. The initiative extends battery lifecycle and supports sustainable energy infrastructure.
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A second life for EV batteries, clean energy for communities
Waymo announced a partnership to repurpose electric vehicle batteries for community clean energy projects. The initiative gives retired EV batteries a second life in energy storage applications.
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Same Driver, new vehicle: Welcoming our first riders trips in the Ojai
Waymo began welcoming public riders to experience the Ojai, their next-generation autonomous vehicle. The new vehicle has been tested with employees for months and offers an enhanced rider experience.
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Same Driver, new vehicle: Welcoming our first riders trips in the Ojai
Waymo began offering rider trips in their new Ojai vehicle model while maintaining the same autonomous driving technology. This represents the deployment of a new vehicle platform for passenger service.