How Many Paid Rides Does Waymo Do Each Week?

Sundar Pichai says Waymo just crossed half a million paid rides per week. The team is focused on scaling that number. A Toronto launch is coming, and 10 new cities are on the plan for this year.

Alex Heath asked whether Waymo keeps partnerships such as Uber, runs a fully owned fleet, or someday sells cars a person could rent out. Sundar Pichai says the space is far from zero-sum and still early. He expects many applications for autonomous driving, and he expects Waymo to work in a myriad of ways, including with other partners. He expects those partners to do well as companies on their own.

Over the next 12 months he expects more of that scaling: international markets, other weather, and highways, with safety as the number one priority. The work also covers more vehicles, more environments, customer service, and operations.