Waymo’s robotaxis now being dispatched in 10 major U.S. markets with expansion in Texas and Florida

https://apnews.com/article/waymo-robotaxis-dallas-houston-antonio-orlando-2b976e3a71e7a53719c6ab9927469729

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RewindAgain@futurology.today · 3 pts · 168d (1 reply)

The expansion into four more markets marks a significant step toward Waymo’s goal to surpass 1 million weekly paid trips by the end of 2026.

A back of an envelope calculation ( 3 trips per hour, 120 per week, 6k PA) - suggests this is replacing about 8,500 human drivers; still a modest amount.

73ms@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 167d

That mostly aligns with us knowing they currently have an active fleet size of around 3,000 and are doing 400,000 weekly trips which would suggest a million requires a fleet of about 7500 vehicles.