Waymo is rapidly expanding its influence in the U.S. robotaxi market.

Alphabet-owned Waymo is recording 500,000 paid robotaxi trips a week across 10 cities, a tenfold increase in two years, TechCrunch reported on March 27.

Waymo has expanded its service beyond Phoenix, San Francisco and Los Angeles to seven more cities, including Austin, Atlanta and Miami. Waymo’s robotaxi fleet is said to total 3,067 vehicles equipped with its fifth-generation self-driving system. It plans to introduce a sixth-generation system in the Zeekr minivan "Ojai" and the Hyundai Ioniq 5.

As Waymo expands the market, regulatory issues are also emerging. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating how Waymo robotaxis recognized school buses. San Francisco city authorities are pointing to traffic congestion problems.

Waymo is posting standout results in the self-driving market, but it still falls short of Uber’s level. Uber completed 13.5 billion ride and delivery services in 2025, and its ride-only service logged more than 1 million trips per hour. Tesla began paid robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, but has not received related permits in California.

Motional, Avride and Zoox are also aiming to launch paid robotaxi services by year-end, but narrowing the gap with Waymo is not expected to be easy.