Waymo Adds Nearly 250 Square Miles of Driverless Coverage in Five Cities
Waymo has expanded its driverless service by nearly 250 square miles across five US cities, reaching new neighbourhoods in Los Angeles, San Diego, Nashville, Orlando and the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Waymo driverless expansion adds nearly 250 square miles across five American cities, in one of the largest single coverage increases in the company’s history. The Alphabet-owned company announced the rollout on October 27, 2026, saying the new territory would come online over the following week in Los Angeles, Nashville, Orlando, San Diego and the San Francisco Bay Area. The move takes driverless rides into neighbourhoods that previously sat outside the service map, including coastal communities south of Los Angeles and new areas around San Jose. For riders in those cities, the change means more homes, workplaces and transit stops are now within reach of a car with no human driver.
In Los Angeles, the Waymo driverless expansion extends down the coast into the South Bay, adding Torrance, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach and El Segundo to the service area. Reporting on the rollout put the Los Angeles service area at about 210 square miles after the change, a sharp increase from its earlier size. In San Diego, coverage grows north to La Jolla, passing through University City and Clairemont. Nashville riders can travel further south, including to the zoo, while Orlando coverage nearly doubles on the east side, with more service downtown. In the Bay Area, the service reaches further into the South Bay, including a new connection to the Berryessa BART station in San Jose.
Waymo driverless expansion reaches 15 US cities
The Waymo driverless expansion underlines how quickly driverless ride services are scaling in the United States. Waymo now operates in 15 major US metro areas, and the company says it provides more than 500,000 paid rides a week. Riders in most cities book through the Waymo app, while rides in Austin and Atlanta come through Uber, with Waymo planning to launch its own app in both cities in January 2028. The company also lists 17 more cities as up next, although it has given no dates for those launches. The October expansion does not include airport pickup at Los Angeles International Airport, which remains outside the service map. Even so, the added territory shows driverless technology moving from small test zones into everyday city travel, with larger service areas, more destinations and a growing number of riders using the service for ordinary trips across town.
Source: Electric Vehicles
