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In San Francisco, Waymo has already passed Lyft by ride volume and is expected to pass Uber within 12 months.

What the public wanted wasn't autonomous driving technology for its own sake. It was a taxi they could ride alone, without a driver.

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June 2, 2025
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Engineering LeadershipJun 2, 2025English

In San Francisco, Waymo has already passed Lyft by ride volume and is expected to pass Uber within 12 months. What the public wanted wasn't autonomous driving technology itself, but a taxi they could ride alone without a driver. In the US, parents often need to pick up young students, and apparently Waymo is strongly preferred for that use case.

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