{"id":184431,"date":"2026-02-28T12:04:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/184431\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T12:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:04:46","slug":"self-driving-service-waymo-launches-to-the-public-in-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/184431\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-driving service Waymo launches to the public in San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore self-driving cars may be seen on the streets of San Antonio as a new ride-hailing business has just launched in the city.<\/p>\n<p>What residents should know<\/p>\n<p>Rideshare service <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waymo.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Waymo<\/a> officially launched to the public on Feb. 24, according to a news release from the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWaymo is serving more riders than ever, as we are on track to serve over one million rides per week by the end of this year,\u201d Tekedra Mawakana, the co-CEO of Waymo, said in the news release.<\/p>\n<p>Residents in areas near Alamo Heights, the San Antonio International Airport, Castle Hills and Balcones Heights will now be able to reserve trips, the release states.<\/p>\n<p>To check out Waymo\u2019s full service map for San Antonio and other cities across Texas, check it out <a href=\"https:\/\/waymo.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/dallas-houston-san-antonio-orlando\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s special about it?<\/p>\n<p>Waymo\u2019s self-driving vehicles are operated by AI-powered, fully autonomous \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/waymo.com\/waymo-driver\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Waymo Drivers<\/a>,\u201d according to their website.<\/p>\n<p>The company first began as a Good self-driving car project in 2009 and has grown to offering autonomous ride-hailing services in major metro areas across the United States.<\/p>\n<p>According to the company\u2019s website, vehicles use highly detailed custom maps with real-time sensor data to determine their exact location.<\/p>\n<p>Testing was completed in San Antonio for several weeks prior to the launch, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/san-antonio\/north-san-antonio\/business\/2025\/11\/20\/waymo-autonomous-vehicles-to-expand-into-san-antonio\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previous reporting<\/a> from Community Impact.<\/p>\n<p>Quote of note<\/p>\n<p>Katie Ferrier, the SVP of public policy and economic development with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sachamber.org\/index.php?src=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce<\/a>, said the expansion shows confidence in San Antonio\u2019s business market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Greater San Antonio Chamber is proud to celebrate Waymo\u2019s expansion to limited public rides here in San Antonio,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis milestone reflects months of thoughtful planning and a shared commitment to innovation. Waymo\u2019s investment here signals confidence in San Antonio\u2019s workforce, infrastructure, and forward-thinking business climate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the future, Mawakana said expansion is inevitable for Waymo, with plans to expand into more cities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDallas, Houston, San Antonio and Orlando are critical to our plans, as we lay groundwork for service in 20+ cities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to San Antonio, Waymo also launched its services in Dallas, Houston and Orlando, Florida on Feb. 24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More self-driving cars may be seen on the streets of San Antonio as a new ride-hailing business has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[73750,46074,46379,2183,73751,3855,56292,73746,82,84,83,10019,73747,73749,73748,32455,30503],"class_list":["post-184431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-ai-powered-cars","tag-bexar-county-news","tag-business-news-san-antonio","tag-cars","tag-cars-in-san-antonio","tag-coming-soon-to-san-antonio","tag-now-open-in-san-antonio","tag-ride-share-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-self-driving-cars","tag-self-driving-cars-in-san-antonio","tag-taxi-in-san-antonio","tag-uber-near-me","tag-uber-san-antonio","tag-waymo-san-antonio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}