Waymo Grows Once more, Extending into Mountain View, Los Altos, Palo Alto, & Sunnyvale

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Waymo continues to broaden its robotaxi service. Whereas it’s been in San Francisco for some time, Waymo simply prolonged its providers down the area into the guts of Silicon Valley, the place it began. As of yesterday, Waymo is providing its Waymo One robotaxi providers in Mountain View (the house of Google), Los Altos, Palo Alto, and components of Sunnyvale.

I bear in mind the primary time I noticed Google’s self-driving vehicles. I used to be visiting the Bay Space with my spouse and seen a car in Palo Alto with a bizarre wanting factor spinning round on high and a Google brand on the door. Apologies for the poor video high quality of my digicam on the time, however this was mid-2012 and it was what it was:

As you’ll be able to see, “self-driving automobile” was additionally written on the entrance doorways. That is the place the seeds of Waymo had been planted. Now that the expertise has sprouted and is maturing, the corporate is launching robotaxi providers again in these preliminary testing neighborhoods and cities.

In publish a publish on LinkedIn, the corporate wrote the next yesterday: “Hundreds of pleasant reminiscences made on the street, but nothing beats returning house. We’re again to the place our story started within the South Bay, regularly welcoming riders in Mountain View, Los Altos, Palo Alto, and components of Sunnyvale beginning as we speak. 👀 Keep watch over the app to see when it’s your flip to experience!”

Waymo posted a bit extra on X, beginning with “We’ve made hundreds of thousands of miles of reminiscences over the previous 15+ years, however as we speak is particular. We’re returning to the place the journey started, regularly opening our doorways to our first public riders in Mountain View, Los Altos, Palo Alto, and components of Sunnyvale.”

We’ve made hundreds of thousands of miles of reminiscences over the previous 15+ years, however as we speak is particular. We’re returning to the place the journey started, regularly opening our doorways to our first public riders in Mountain View, Los Altos, Palo Alto, and components of Sunnyvale. pic.twitter.com/DhWFtBdL4A

— Waymo (@Waymo) March 11, 2025

A followup tweet (if we will nonetheless name them that) confirmed the precise service space Waymo One is increasing into:

We’ll regularly add riders to this new service space over time, as we work to convey Waymo One to extra of the Bay Space. Keep watch over the app in case you’re an space native. Who’s able to experience? pic.twitter.com/egHh2claxJ

— Waymo (@Waymo) March 11, 2025

One has to imagine Waymo One might be fairly in style in Silicon Valley. It’s additionally a bit humorous that the service hadn’t been working there till yesterday. I lived in Sunnyvale for a number of months, and it looks as if this space needs to be comparatively simple for Waymo robotaxis to function in. But it surely’s attention-grabbing to see every step of Waymo’s enlargement. I’m wondering what number of extra cities Waymo will transfer into in 2025.