Waymo hits 170 million miles while avoiding serious mayhem

A Waymo autonomous taxi connected Bush Street successful San Francisco, connected Wednesday, December 17th, 2025. | Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images

Waymo says its autonomous vehicles person present traveled implicit 170 cardinal miles portion continuing to avoid superior crashes and injuries astatine a complaint overmuch amended than quality drivers. The institution updated its online information hub to bespeak the caller driving figures.

As of December 2025, Waymo's fleet has driven the equivalent of "200 lifetimes of driving," assuming each quality drives the equivalent of 850,000 miles successful their lifetime. But dissimilar those pesky humans, the Waymo Driver - which is what the institution calls the operation of AI, software, and assorted sensors that alteration its vehicles to thrust autonomously - is overmuch amended astatine avoiding superior crashes …

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