Waymo is now offering 24/7 robotaxi rides in Silicon Valley

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. This embedded content failed to load. Waymo is kicking off the process of making its robotaxi service in Silicon Valley commercially available to everyone. The company announced today that its ridehailing app Waymo One will now be available 24/7 to certain customers across a 27-square-mile service area in California that includes Mountain View, Palo Alto, Los Altos, and parts of Sunnyvale. Previously, Waymo’s autonomous vehicles were only accessible to the company’s employees for trips across Silicon Valley, which includes Google and Waymo’s respective headquarters. That contrasts with Waymo’s publicly available, 24/7 robotaxi service a few miles north in San Francisco. Initially, Waymo’s robotaxis will only be available on an invite-only basis to a select group of Waymo One customers whose zip codes are within ... Read full article.