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Waymo’s robotaxis have now completed more than 20 million paid rides — and over the same distance, they caused 92% fewer pedestrian injuries than human drivers; the company is now targeting 1 million rides every single week by year-end 2026

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In late December 2025, Waymo’s fleet of driverless robotaxis quietly passed a specific milestone that no autonomous vehicle company had ever reached.



The Alphabet subsidiary’s cars completed their 20 millionth paid ride — carrying real passengers in real traffic, without a human behind the wheel, in five American cities. The company logged that milestone after 220 million rider-only miles, roughly the equivalent of 250 human lifetimes of driving.



Alongside those numbers came an

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