June 16, 2025
Our latest paper reveals the twelve acceptance criteria that we use to assess whether the Waymo Driver is ready for the road prior to deployment in such evolving circumstances. It also describes the governance structure that guides our decision-making and ensures accountability at every step.
June 13, 2025
Many recent AI breakthroughs have followed a common pattern: bigger models, trained on more data, with more compute, often deliver extraordinary gains. Waymo’s latest study explores whether this trend extends to autonomous driving and establishes new scaling laws in motion planning and forecasting — core autonomous vehicle (AV) capabilities.
May 5, 2025
Scaling Waymo One and meeting the increasing demand of our riders requires a growing fleet of vehicles integrated with our generalizable Waymo Driver. To support our growing U.S. ridership, we’re investing in our American manufacturing operation with a new autonomous vehicle factory in Metro Phoenix with our partners at Magna.
May 1, 2025
The path to Vision Zero requires reducing severe crashes and improving the safety of those most at risk. Our latest research paper shows that the Waymo Driver is making significant strides in both areas. By reducing the most dangerous crashes and providing better protection for pedestrians, cyclists, and other vulnerable road users, Waymo is making streets safer in cities where it operates.
April 29, 2025
Toyota Motor Corporation (“Toyota”) and Waymo reached a preliminary agreement to explore a collaboration focused on accelerating the development and deployment of autonomous driving technologies.
April 14, 2025
Cherry blossom season marks new beginnings in Japan, and this spring, it also signals Waymo’s arrival.Soon Nihon Kotsu drivers will begin manually driving Waymo’s vehicles in Tokyo— our first kilometers on international public roads.
March 31, 2025
For years, the Waymo Open Dataset and associated Challenges have advanced research in autonomous driving, robotics, computer vision, and machine learning. Today, we are thrilled to announce our 6th round of Challenges, continuing to guide the community toward impactful innovations.
