Waymo Claims to have Doubled its Robotaxi Trips in Five Months, Reaching 10 Million

Waymo, the autonomous ride-hailing business owned by Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL), accomplished 10 million paid robotaxi trips, co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana revealed at the Google I/O developer conference on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. The significant achievement doubles the total number of trips in just five months and includes rides in Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and the Phoenix area.

Mawakana stated:

“These are all paid trips, and they represent people who are really integrating Waymo Driver into their everyday lives,”

According to Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s April earnings report, Waymo is currently providing more than 250,000 paid rides every week. This week, the company also got regulatory authority to extend its services to San Jose and other parts of the San Francisco Bay Area.

The "Other Bets" division of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL), which includes Waymo, reported $450 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2025, a 9% year-over-year drop, while operating losses grew to $1.23 billion from $1.02 billion. "We're proving out that it can be a profitable business," Mawakana added, even though Waymo is not yet profitable. The company is super focused on building a sustainable business.

Waymo prioritizes safety over rival Tesla's planned robotaxi launch. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, announced that the service will debut in Austin the following month with a fleet of ten vehicles. Tesla aims to quickly expand to San Francisco and Los Angeles if it is successful. Unlike Waymo, Tesla's system is reliant on cameras rather than lidar or radar.

“There’s probably a lot of ways it can be done, but we’re the only ones that have done it,” she said. “We’ve been doing it 24 hours a day for almost five years. And so to us, it’s really important to focus on safety, not focus on safety and then cost — not cost and then safety.”

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