service. The company provided an update this week to let the world know that is now providing 50,000 paid customer trips per week. That’s not nothing!
Our safe and deliberate approach to scaling the Waymo Driver is gaining traction, as we’re now serving more than 50,000 paid trips every week across three major cities. Thank you to our riders for trusting us to get you to your destinations safely and reliably.At any time of day or night on any day of the year, one can order a Waymo in parts of Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
These are big numbers. Of course, they don’t at all recoup investment costs to date, and it’s unclear when Waymo would actually make a profit — if ever. This is the challenge: it has to offer fairly low rates to have business, and that makes it hard to get a positive return on investment. But that’s the dream — for all of this investment to one day pay off and make Waymo operations profitable. I’m sure Waymo will tell us when we get there.
In the meantime, this is the feelgood story Waymo is sharing with us: “We see people from all walks of life use our service to travel carefree, gain independence, reclaim their commute and more. Fully autonomous ride-hailing is a reality and a preferred mobility option for people navigating their cities every day.” I’m not going to lie — I love it.CleanTechnica
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