Waymo’s robotaxi service is available today at its fourth airport: San Antonio International. The company said its vehicles will drop off passengers at terminal curbs and pick up passengers at the airport’s designated ride-sharing area.
This is the first airport Waymo serves in Texas, where the company currently operates in San Antonio, Austin, Dallas and Houston. Waymo has been offering airport pickups and drop-offs at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International for a few years now, and has begun serving the san francisco and San Jose Mineta International airports in recent months.
Waymo launched its robotaxi service in San Antonio in February, although it is not yet fully available to the public. The company has been operating an invitation-based system that it is continually expanding: a approach It was also used in Dallas, Houston and Orlando. The company said Tuesday that its wait list in San Antonio is now “(tens of thousands of people”) and that it plans to make its service available to “all public riders soon.”
This gradual approach is one way Waymo remains cautious in a year of rapid expansion. The company has said it wants to launch in about 20 new cities this year, including Tokyo and London. Your robotaxi service is I currently live in 10 cities and runs more than 500,000 paid rides a week, about double the number it operated this time last year. Waymo is expected to begin offering rides in its newest vehicle. the van built by Zeekr called Ojaisometime this year.
The company has shared data it says shows its robotaxis are already safer than human drivers and reduce serious accidents. Still, Waymo continues to run into new obstacles as it expands.
Waymo robotaxis have illegally overtaken school buses picking up or dropping off children, an issue being investigated by both the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). It has released software updates to address this issue, but is still working with local officials in Austin, where the most school bus incidents have been documented, to figure out how to make its robotaxis behave around buses. according to wiring.
The NTSB and NHTSA are also investigating the company after one of its robotaxis. Collided with child at low speed in Santa Monica. The boy reportedly suffered minor injuries and Waymo said its robotaxi slowed from 17 miles per hour to 6 miles per hour before impact.
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We’re also learning more about everything related to Waymo’s field operations as it expands. The company has dozens of “remote assistance” employees located in the U.S. and the Philippines who help Waymo robotaxis navigate difficult or unexpected scenarios. Waymo also has a team of “roadside assistance” workers, as well as first responders, in the rare case that a vehicle actually gets stuck, such as TechCrunch recently detailed.
