Waymo begins autonomous trips in Austin through Uber [Video]

As of today, the completely autonomous Waymo One Ride service via the Uber -app is only available to customers in Austin, Texas, exclusively for customers. Today's news builds on the existing Waymo partnership with Uber and are a milestone in the expansion of the Robotaxi startup to new cities in the USA.

As promised, Robotaxi developer Waymo is expanding his Waymo One Service to new US cities. While a large part of the world is still not fully sold by the plausibility of full-fledged robotaxi operations in the most important metropolitan regions, Waymo is forward in its operating processes and has the data to prove that it is safer in many ways.

With the financial support of the parent company Alphabet Inc. (Google) and an influx of 5.6 billion US dollars in 2024, Waymo Robotaxi business was able to expand in cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco and Phoenix.

At the time of the above-mentioned financing announcement of Serie C, the mobility company decided to expand its Waymo-One-Messenfahrdienste in 2025 in 2025 with an ongoing partnership with Uber to new cities such as Austin, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia.

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Today Waymo has confirmed that fully autonomous trips are now available in Austin via the Uber app. Take a look at Waymo's video below.

Waymo One Operational around 37 square kilometers of Austin

Waymo confirmed the beginning of completely autonomous Robotaxi services in Austin via a social media contribution. According to Waymo, Uber users who request a Uber X, Uber Comfort, Uber Green or Uber Comfort Electric have the opportunity to choose and to vote with the autonomous vehicles from Waymo (if available).

Drivers who come together with a Waymo one-equipped EV, currently with the Jaguar I-Pace (RIP), can travel within a 37 square miles of large footprint around a large part of Austin, including Hyde Park, Downtown and Montopolis. Through the Uber app, the drivers will see options to unlock the doors of the Waymo One vehicle, open the trunk and start their journey as soon as they are inside.

Today's rollout results from a multi -year partnership between Waymo and Uber. Austin is the first market in which Uber Waymo vehicles performs and sends. It is therefore important to keep and see how everything goes and how the public reacts.

As already announced, the partnership with Uber also includes robotaxi extensions to the public in Atlanta, Georgia, later this year. As we reported in December 2024, Miami is also in the works for a rollout of 2026. While we are waiting for these extensions, you will find a film material from the Waymo One rollout in Austin.