Waymo is expanding driverless service by nearly 250 square miles across five cities

What is changing?

Waymo said on October 27 that it will expand its fully autonomous ride-hailing service across Los Angeles, Nashville, Orlando, San Diego and the San Francisco Bay Area over the next week. The combined growth will add nearly 250 square miles, with updated boundaries appearing in the Waymo app and on the company’s service-area maps.

The expansion reaches Torrance in Los Angeles, areas south of the zoo in Nashville, and new eastern and downtown districts in Orlando. Waymo says its Orlando footprint will nearly double. La Jolla is being added in San Diego, while the Bay Area expansion includes the area around Berryessa BART.

This is an expansion of existing networks rather than a new-city launch. It shows that autonomous-driving systems are being measured not only by vehicle performance, but also by how mapping, fleet operations, demand planning and safety processes scale across different urban environments.