Waymo Stats 2025: Funding, Growth, Coverage, Fleet Size & More
A look at the key stats and milestones from Waymo, Google’s former self-driving project and now an autonomous vehicle subsidiary under Alphabet
Waymo has been leading the autonomous vehicle revolution for almost two decades now. What started as Google’s self-driving car project in 2009 has now become one of the biggest autonomous ride-hailing services around, just less than 10 years after becoming a separate company.
Since launching its commercial service in Phoenix in 2018, Waymo One is now handling over 250,000 trips per week across multiple cities. With a fleet of self-driving Jaguar I-PACEs, it's one of the largest AV services on the road today.
We've gathered some key statistics on Waymo's fleet, trip volume, funding, market share and city breakdowns, and we'll keep it updated regularly. Check it out below!
This article was last updated on June 18, 2025.
Waymo Key Statistics
Waymo says it has recorded more than 10 million paid rides.
Waymo has done over 33 million autonomous miles across San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Austin.
Waymo vehicles are currently in testing on highways, but they don't transport the public yet.
They started picking up and dropping off from their first and only airport (Phoenix Sky Harbor) at the end of 2022. They are currently mapping SFO (link, no paywall).
Waymo is currently valued at over $45B after its most recent $5.6B funding round in October 2024, led by Alphabet.
Waymo Overview
A few quick facts about the company 1:
Waymo Funding
Waymo has not followed the traditional startup fundraising path with clearly delineated Series A, B, or C rounds, especially in its early years as it was an internal Google project (now under Alphabet). However, here is a breakdown of its known fundraising history since it began raising external capital:
In total, Waymo secured $11.1 billion in funding from 2020 to 2024, with notable investors including Alphabet, Fidelity, Perry Creek Capital, and T. Rowe Price, among others 2.
Weekly Trips (All Cities)
May 4, 2023 – Waymo hit 10,000 weekly rides.
May 9, 2024 – Reached 50,000 weekly rides (Just over a year later).
August 20, 2024 – Doubled to 100,000 weekly rides (just 3 months later).
October 29, 2024 – Reached 150,000 weekly rides.
November 29, 2024 – Hit 175,000 weekly rides (only a month later).
February 27, 2025 – Surpassed 200,000 weekly rides.
April 24, 2025 – Crossed 250,000 weekly rides across its 4 major markets.
California Trip Data
The California state regulator for ridehail and robotaxis is the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). As part of their reporting requirements, Waymo is required to submit quarterly reports detailing various operational metrics, including monthly/weekly paid trips, cancelled trips, etc.
According to the latest CPUC data release on May 26, 2025 (with data through March 2025), Waymo showed impressive growth—scaling to over 700,000 monthly paid trips 3.
Waymo stopped reporting market share by city at the end of 2024, but we extrapolated Los Angeles’ growth rate to come up with the current number of weekly trips in both cities.
Where can I get a Waymo?
Waymo is currently offering paid driverless rides in 5 major cities:
Phoenix, Arizona: Waymo’s first public launch happened here in October 2020. Riders can book trips directly through the Waymo app, or through the Uber app by requesting an UberX, Uber Green, Uber Comfort, or Uber Comfort Electric ride and choosing a Waymo vehicle option. Getting matched to a Waymo through the Uber app is subject to availability. African fintech Moove runs its fleet operations, facilities and charging infrastructure here — and plans to do the same in Miami soon.
San Francisco, California: They opened to the public on June 25, 2024. Rides are available exclusively through the Waymo app.
Los Angeles, California: Waymo launched in LA on November 12, 2024. Rides are available exclusively through the Waymo app.
Austin, Texas: Public rides began on March 4, 2025, but only through the Uber app. When you request an UberX, Uber Green, Uber Comfort, or Uber Comfort Electric ride, you might get the opportunity to accept a Waymo ride on the confirmation screen, depending on availability.
Silicon Valley, California: Waymo started offering rides in parts of Silicon Valley on March 11, 2025. Right now, it’s only available to ‘select Waymo One riders’ in the service area.
Atlanta, Georgia: Coming soon! To join the waitlist, just scroll down to the 'Ride Preferences' section in your Uber app, tap on 'Autonomous vehicles,' and hit 'Join interest list'.
Service Areas
Waymo currently has a cumulative operating area of 588 square miles, across six coverage areas.
315 square miles in Phoenix.
55 square miles in San Francisco.
89 square miles in Los Angeles.
37 square miles in Austin.
27 square miles in Silicon Valley.
65 square miles in Atlanta.
You can view maps of all the active service areas here.
Future/announced markets
Atlanta
On April 15 2025, Waymo opened up their interest list in Atlanta through the Uber app (here’s how to join). When they launch, users who joined the interest list can call for an UberX, Uber Green, Uber Comfort, or Uber Comfort Electric, and they may get matched with a Waymo if one is available. If there are no Waymos available, users will be matched with a human Uber driver. This product is referred to as ‘Waymo on Uber’ and the model is identical to what they offer in Austin.
Miami
Waymo announced in 2024 that they’d start reacquainting their fleet with Miami’s streets in early 2025, in preparation for a 2026 launch. They’ll be doing this in partnership with Moove, who’ll handle fleet operations, facilities, and charging infrastructure (Moove has the same responsibilities in Phoenix too). It’s also not clear if Waymo will be launching on their own or in partnership with Uber in Miami.
Washington DC
On March 25 2025, Waymo announced their service will be available for riders in Washington, D.C in 2026 through the Waymo One app. The announcement came just a couple months after they resumed testing in the capital back in January.
Road Trips
Road trips are different from ‘future/announced markets’ and according to Waymo, the purpose of a road trip is to drive in “regions where the driving culture and conditions differ from the areas we regularly operate.” So it does not necessarily mean they will launch in these markets any time soon.
On May 27,2025, they announced road trips to three new cities — Houston, Orlando and San Antonio.
Tokyo
On April 10 2025, Waymo announced they’d begin data collection in Tokyo with driver-operated test rides (link). The goal of this is to map the city and better understand the local roads, infrastructure, and driving habits. This road trip stood out because it marked the first ever introduction of the Waymo driver to international roads. They also highlighted they do not have plans to serve riders in Tokyo at this time.
Market Share
Waymo is growing rapidly as evidenced by their trip growth above, but they are still a small fraction (250,000 trips per week) of Uber’s global market share (233 million trips per week).
San Francisco
Yipit has released periodic data on Waymo’s market share in both SF and Austin. In December of 2024, Yipit reported that Waymo’s market share was equal to Lyft’s in SF (link) but the caveat was that it was only for trips that started and ended in Waymo’s operating domain. So trips like those to the airport, which is outside of Waymo’s operating area, did not count in this analysis.
The initial report was also strongly denied by Lyft’s CEO David Risher in their Q4 2024 earnings call and the CEO maintained that their market share in SF is relatively flat due to the fact that Waymo is actually growing the overall market share.
In June 2025, Yipit released updated data indicating that Waymo had overtaken Lyft’s market share in the city (link). However, the same caveat around Waymo’s operating area remains.
Austin
Yipit also released data on Waymo a few months into the ‘Waymo on Uber’ launch in Austin and the company claimed that Waymo was doing close to ~20% of Uber rides within its operating zone (link). Again, the big caveat with this data set is that it only counted rides that started in Waymo’s operating area of 37 square miles - leaving out major hot spots like the Austin Airport. At the metro level, Yipit found that Waymo made up just 6% of all Uber rides.
It’s also important to note that in Austin, Yipit shared the percentage of Waymo rides as divided by total Uber rides. Where as in SF, they provided Waymo’s market share divided by the total rideshare market (including both Uber and Lyft rides).
Here’s a detailed analysis of this data set that we performed for Austin.
All Markets - Our Market Share Analysis
Using proprietary analysis and our own assumptions, we came up with the following rides/day and market share figures.
Methodology
Using publicly available ridehail data for both Uber and Lyft in the cities of Chicago and New York City, we extrapolated the total ridehail market using population data for each city.
We then used Waymo’s trip level data from the CPUC in California and Waymo’s latest publicly released total weekly trip number (250,000) to estimate rides per day in their top 4 markets and calculate market share.
Vehicles/Fleet Size
Waymo’s current commercial fleet is made up of Jaguar I-PACEs with Zeekr RTs expected to join soon. Hyundai IONIQ 5s are also slated to join the fleet in the future.
Waymo has been relatively quiet about their fleet size but here’s what we know:
In May of 2025, Waymo finally disclosed that their fleet consists of over 1,500 vehicles and would ramp up to 3,500 vehicles in 2026.
As of March 11, 2025, there were 1,087 Waymo vehicles in California, according to a CPUC Spokesperson (link).
Uber’s Q1 2025 earnings call also revealed Waymo’s Austin fleet to consist of 100 vehicles at the time, with the potential to go up to hundreds.
And we know they took 25 cars to Tokyo for testing (link, no paywall) but for simplicity, we will ignore these vehicles in our analysis. Waymo has not clarified if vehicles used for testing are included in the 1,500 vehicle fleet size figure.
We used our market share analysis and CPUC data to back calculate the fleet size by city.
Waymo Vehicle Cost
Waymo’s current operating fleet is made up solely of Jaguar I-Paces, with an MSRP of $75,000. These vehicles are then retrofitted with a full suite of sensors — including LiDAR, radar, and cameras — giving them a 360° view of their surroundings. According to Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov, the hardware on their fifth-gen robotaxis adds up to $100,000 to the cost (link, no paywall), bringing each vehicle’s total to about $175,000. That’s a big step up from your average UberX vehicle, which is on average, a vehicle like an 8-year-old Prius worth closer to $30,000.
Waymo also plans to add Hyundai IONIQ 5s and Zeekr RTs to its fleet, both significantly cheaper than the Jaguars, and that should reduce the total cost of each vehicle. Zeekr RTs have already been spotted in multiple cities testing (SF, LA, Phoenix).
Waymo Pricing
Obi, an app that compares real-time prices and pickup times across ride-hailing platforms, released what it describes as the first detailed analysis of Waymo’s pricing strategy (link). The study found that Waymo’s autonomous rides are about 30-40% more expensive than similar trips with Uber or Lyft — yet that higher cost doesn’t appear to be deterring riders.
Obi pulled nearly 90,000 ride offers in SF between March 25 and April 25 to compare pricing and ETAs across Waymo, UberX, and standard Lyft rides. Lyft came out cheapest with an average of $14.44, followed by Uber at $15.58. Waymo was the priciest, averaging $20.43 for the same routes and times.
During peak hours, Obi found that Waymo rides were, on average, around $11 more than Lyft and about $9.50 more than Uber.
Safety
According to a Swiss Re study (link, no paywall), Waymo vehicles saw 88% fewer property damage claims and 92% fewer injury claims compared to the average human driver. Over 25.3 million autonomous miles (no safety driver), the Waymo Driver racked up just nine property damage claims and two bodily injury claims (which are still under review in the report). For comparison, human drivers would typically face 78 property damage claims and 26 injury claims over the same distance.
Waymo One launch date (link). Waymo Co-CEOs: Dmitri Dolgov and Tekedra Mawakana.
To view the raw data and explanations for the parts redacted by Waymo, go to the CPUC AV reporting page. Scroll down to the "Deployment Program Quarterly Reports" section and select DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM 2025. Click the Waymo hyperlink to download the file titled "Waymo Driverless Deployment 2025 Q1.zip". Open the zip file, and it will create a folder with all the report materials. Look for the PDF named "Waymo LLC Q1 2025 CPUC AV Programs Data Report Narrative Responses (May 16, 2025).pdf" — that’s where Waymo explains what was redacted from their public data.
Great post as always! I think it's interesting when looking at market share to extrapolate going forward. It's clear that today Waymo has a great market position, novelty value, and a unique value proposition vs. Uber and Lyft.
What's interesting in my opinion is thinking forward: how much of the market could they capture at their current price per mile, and what is the realistic path to bringing that cost per mile down, which is the true promise of autonomy in growing the market. Otherwise, this is all taking part of one pie from the high-end shared ride category.
Wondering about the cost data, is it detailed by market. My experience with Waymo in the Phoenix market is it is significantly cheaper then Uber/Lyft options.