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Pointing to 270 million driverless miles of safety data as Waymo expands

Waymo says its driverless cars were involved in 95% fewer crashes that caused serious injury or death than human drivers, across about 270 million miles driven without a person at the wheel through June 2026. The company's September report covers Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Francisco, and puts injury-causing crashes 82% below the human rate.

Updated Oct 23

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As of May 2026: Leading Waymo's business expansion into new cities

For years, autonomous vehicle companies kept a basic operational question unanswered: how many humans does it actually take to run a driverless fleet? On February 4, 2026, Waymo's chief safety officer told a Senate committee the number: roughly 70 remote agents oversee more than 3,000 vehicles in six American cities at any given moment—a ratio of about one per 43 robotaxis.

Updated May 29

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As of May 2026: Leading Waymo's commercial expansion to 12 new cities by 2026

MIT Technology Review named robotaxis a breakthrough technology on January 3, 2025, marking the moment driverless cars moved from lab experiments to real-world service. Waymo provides 450,000 paid rides weekly across five U.S. cities, while Baidu's Apollo Go matches that in China, operating across 22 cities from Wuhan to Dubai, with Tesla, Zoox, and others racing to catch up.

Updated May 19