Waymo’s Driverless Rides Shortly in London

Waymo has confirmed plans to bring its fully autonomous, driverless ride-hailing service to London in 2026, beginning supervised testing on public roads in the coming weeks.

Waymo, And What It Has Announced

Waymo, Alphabet’s (Google’s) autonomous driving company that began as Google’s self-driving car project in 2009, has announced its first major European expansion (to London) with the goal of offering rides in London with no human driver next year. The service will start with Jaguar I-PACE electric vehicles fitted with the company’s “Waymo Driver” system, initially running with safety drivers as part of supervised trials before progressing to fully driverless testing. Once approved, passengers will be able to hail a Waymo ride using the company’s mobile app.