The self-driving taxis have become ubiquitous in the city, but an uproar ensued when one ran over a beloved feline.

A Waymo car awaits a passenger in Austin. Autonomous ride-hailing service Waymo will begin ferrying San Antonians around downtown next year in its

Waymo says it has driven more than 100 million fully autonomous miles and that its technology is five times safer than a human driver. It began offering driverless highway services to employees and their guests in January 2024. To help train its system for freeways, the company used a combination of closed-course and simulated tests.

Autonomous robotaxi company Waymo announced it has expanded to San Jose and is offering curbside service to San Jose Mineta International Airport, the first airport in California to feature the driverless rides.

The robotaxi company is removing the human driver from its pilot programs across two states—the latest sign of its increasing ability to scale.

Waymo has entered a new phase of commercial scale, doubling the number of cities it operates in without a human specialist in the car.

Kitkat, a neighborhood legend, has been killed by a Waymo. Fans of the adored feline are taking to social media to demand justice for Kitkat. The cat was a fixture at Randa's Market in San Francisco.

Waymo announced Wednesday that its self-driving vehicles have received the green light to offer rides on San Francisco Bay Area, Phoenix and Los Angeles freeways.