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ORLANDO, Fla. – Self-driving vehicles operated by Waymo are now carrying passengers in Orlando after months of testing, marking the company\u2019s latest expansion.<\/p>\n
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer was the first to take an official ride in one of the autonomous vehicles.<\/p>\n
Local perspective:<\/p>\n
Waymo’s Orlando vehicles are electric Jaguars equipped with cameras and sensors that provide a 360-degree view around the car.<\/p>\n
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP<\/a><\/p>\n A Waymo spokesperson said riders are significantly less likely to be involved in a serious-injury crash compared with vehicles driven by humans.\u00a0<\/p>\n Reporter Stephanie Buffamonte goes hands-free to see if Waymo\u2019s autonomous vehicles can handle the unique challenges of Central Florida traffic. From navigating intersections to merging on local roads, we\u2019re putting this driverless technology to the ultimate test to see if it\u2019s ready for the Sunshine State.<\/p>\n Dyer described the trip as smooth and said he felt confident the vehicles would transport residents safely. Invitations to ride will be sent to users who download the Waymo app.<\/p>\n What is Waymo? <\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n Waymo (owned by Google\u2019s parent Alphabet) gave 15 million driverless rides in 2025, and today, it\u2019s about 400,000 per week. Valued at $126 billion.<\/p>\n Waymo uses cameras, lidar (laser radar that builds a 3D map around the car) and traditional radar. It works in total darkness and heavy rain.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Source: This story was written based on information shared by Waymo, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, and Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n \u00a0 Orange County News<\/a>Orlando News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. – Self-driving vehicles operated by Waymo are now carrying passengers in Orlando after months of testing,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47,115,1335,139,141,140,628],"class_list":["post-168134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Waymo](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wsbdadgyvooysyha.jpg\")
Waymo hits Central Florida: Testing driverless tech<\/a> <\/p>\n