"Starting today, anyone on the company's waitlist of approximately 10,000 people can hail one of its robotaxis for trips within a 60-square-mile service area that includes popular neighborhoods like the Design District and Wynwood, Brickell, and Coral Gables - but not popular tourist destinations like South Beach. The vehicles also will initially avoid highways and stick to local roads, with plans to expand to faster-speed roads later this year."
"Waymo's robotaxi business has been growing slowly, even as the company has grown more confident naming the markets it wants to target in the future. Waymo currently operates in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, Atlanta, and Phoenix. It hopes to launch in over 20 cities in the coming years, including San Diego, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Tampa, Houston, Orlando, Washington, DC, New York City, Denver, New Orleans, Tokyo, London, and several others."
Waymo opened Miami robotaxi service to about 10,000 waitlist members across a 60-square-mile area covering the Design District, Wynwood, Brickell, and Coral Gables, excluding South Beach. Vehicles will initially avoid highways and operate on local roads, with plans to expand to faster roads later this year. The rollout will be phased, starting with waitlist users and later opening to the public as the map expands to include locations like Miami International Airport. Waymo has tested autonomous vehicles in Miami since 2019 and announced the robotaxi service at the end of 2024. Moove will manage the driverless fleet; the company is backed by Uber and valued at $750 million. Waymo already operates in multiple U.S. cities and aims to launch in over 20 more markets.
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