Waymo to bring autonomous ride-hailing to Las Vegas

A Waymo autonomous vehicle made by the Chinese car company Zeekr charging in San Diego, California, U.S., August 19, 2026. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Sept 14 (Reuters) - Alphabet's ⁠self-driving unitWaymo said on Monday it will ⁠offer rides to the general public inLas Vegas, ‌marking its first foray into Nevada, as it expands its robotaxi service in more U.S. states.

Waymo, which was valued ​at $126 billion in February when it ⁠raised $16 billion, has ⁠been growing its robotaxi fleet as it competes with ⁠Amazon's ‌Zoox and Tesla in the self-driving vehicle market.

Here are more details:

• Waymo will ⁠invite public riders to use its services ​in Las Vegas ‌as it starts off with a few ⁠dozen vehicles, ​with plans to scale over time.

• Zoox was the only robotaxi operator in the city offering paid ⁠rides to the public after it ​began commercial operations last month.

• Las Vegas is Waymo's first public robotaxi market in Nevada, adding to ⁠its push beyond its established operations in California, Texas, Florida and Arizona.

• Earlier this month, Waymo had announced plans to expand in Denver, San ​Diego, and Tampa.

• The Las ⁠Vegas service uses Waymo's sixth-generation self-driving system in the ​Ojai, its robotaxi built on ‌a Zeekr vehicle platform.

(Reporting by ​Abhirup Roy in San Francisco and Prathik Jayaprakash in Bengaluru; Editing by Diti Pujara)

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2026年8月19日，一辆由中国汽车公司捷克（Zeekr）制造的Waymo自动驾驶汽车在美国加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥充电。路透社/迈克·布莱克

9 月 14 日（路透社）——Alphabet 旗下自动驾驶部门 Waymo 周一表示，将在拉斯维加斯向公众提供乘车服务，这标志着该公司首次进军内华达州，同时也在更多美国州扩展其机器人出租车服务。

Waymo 在 2 月份融资 160 亿美元时估值达到 1260 亿美元，该公司一直在扩大其无人驾驶出租车车队，与亚马逊的 Zoox 和特斯拉在自动驾驶汽车市场展开竞争。

以下是更多详情：

• Waymo 将在拉斯维加斯邀请公众乘客使用其服务，初期将投放几十辆车，并计划随着时间的推移扩大规模。

• Zoox 是该市唯一一家提供付费乘车服务的无人驾驶出租车运营商，该公司于上个月开始商业运营。

• 拉斯维加斯是 Waymo 在内华达州的第一个公开机器人出租车市场，进一步推动了其在加利福尼亚州、德克萨斯州、佛罗里达州和亚利桑那州等已建立的业务之外的扩张。

• 本月初，Waymo 宣布了在丹佛、圣地亚哥和坦帕扩张的计划。

• 拉斯维加斯的服务在 Ojai 使用了 Waymo 的第六代自动驾驶系统，其机器人出租车是基于 Zeekr 车辆平台打造的。

（旧金山 Abhirup Roy 和班加罗尔 Prathik Jayaprakash 报道；Diti Pujara 编辑）

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