Waymo Expands Driverless Service to Texas and Florida
Waymo is inviting select customers in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Orlando to take driverless rides, bringing its robotaxi footprint to 10 U.S. metropolitan markets.
Overview
Waymo announced on Tuesday that it is expanding driverless ride-hailing to Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Orlando and is rolling out invitations to select customers to take local robotaxi rides.
The move expands Waymo’s footprint to 10 U.S. metropolitan markets and follows a first-quarter 2026 period in which the company doubled the number of American cities where it provides driverless ride-hailing services.
Regulators have opened probes including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board, and Waymo recently raised $16 billion, a fundraising that prompted speculation about the company’s corporate future.
The new zones cover 60 square miles in San Antonio and Orlando, 50 square miles in Dallas and 25 square miles in Houston, and Waymo says its vehicles have logged over 200 million cumulative miles and provide more than 400,000 weekly trips.
Waymo is preparing further U.S. expansions including Denver, Nashville, Las Vegas and Washington, DC, plans to exceed 1 million weekly paid trips by the end of 2026, and is targeting London and Tokyo for international availability.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources frame the story as a business success narrative by emphasizing Waymo’s expansion, ride counts, and financing while contrasting competitors’ limited testing. Editorial choices privilege company metrics and valuation, omit safety, regulatory, and rider perspectives, and provide no critical voices; the structure highlights growth first, limitations only later.
FAQ
Waymo is expanding driverless ride-hailing to Dallas, Houston, San Antonio in Texas, and Orlando in Florida, bringing its total to 10 U.S. metropolitan markets.
Waymo currently provides services in Phoenix, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Miami, Atlanta, and Austin.
In Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando, rides are initially available only to select customers via the Waymo app, before expanding to the public.
Waymo plans further U.S. expansions to cities like Las Vegas, Washington DC, Denver, Nashville, Detroit, and Boston, aims for over 1 million weekly paid trips by end of 2026, and targets London and Tokyo internationally.
Waymo raised $16 billion, valuing it at $126 billion, has logged over 200 million miles, and provides more than 400,000 weekly trips.
