California regulators have given the green light for Waymo to extend its fleet of self-driving taxis into Los Angeles and cities on the peninsula south of San Francisco. The California Public Utilities Commission approved Waymo's application for this expansion, marking a significant milestone for the company owned by Google parent Alphabet Inc. Waymo has been operating its self-driving taxi service in San Francisco since 2020 and in Phoenix since the same year.
In a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter, Waymo expressed gratitude for the commission's approval, referring to it as a 'vote of confidence' in their operations. This decision sets the stage for the deployment of Waymo's commercial Waymo One service in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Peninsula.
