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 absolutely autonomous and underway 24/7 in Orlando, Florida, and San Antonio, Texas.

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

“Doubling cities shortly exhibits Waymo’s system handles various environments with out main retraining or delays,” one individual commented in response. One other commenter requested, “When will you serve every of those markets with 1000’s of automobiles? Proper now SF is the one market with anyplace near a ample variety of automobiles!”

That’s not the top 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 via March 31, 2026. “Whereas there’s 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 strategy 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 might be on the highway?