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Waymo has autonomously chauffeured some 150,000 customers in Dallas since starting its service in February. [Photo: Waymo]
The Waitlist Is Over: Waymo Offers Central Dallas Rides to Anyone on the App
by Sandra Engelland | Aug 5, 2026
Since rolling out the service in Dallas in February, Waymo has autonomously chauffeured some 150,000 customers. The company also is testing at Dallas Love Field and preparing to run its vehicles on area freeways.
by David Seeley |
Feb 25, 2026
Founded in 2023 by the co-founder and former CTO of TuSimple, Bot Auto will soon be adding to a growing array of "trucker-out" 18-wheeler operations flowing in and out of Dallas-Fort Worth. Its competitors operating in North Texas include Aurora, Gatik, Torc Robotics, Kodiak Robotics, Waabi, and Volvo Autonomous Solutions.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 24, 2026
Beginning today, "select riders" who have downloaded the Waymo app will receive an invitation to take their first local robotaxi rides in Dallas. Competitors include Uber and Avride, who launched their own Dallas robotaxi service in December (but with a safety driver aboard for now). Lyft plans its own Dallas robotaxi service later this year.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 16, 2025
Google CEO Sundar Pichai was in North Texas on Friday to announce the tech giant’s largest investment in a single state. The multiyear plan will add three Texas data center campuses, increase energy supply to the state’s grid, and train 1,700 electricians as the AI economy scales.
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Rendering of the 6th-generation Waymo Driver on Hyundai’s all-electric IONIQ 5 SUV. The company is operating a fleet of Jaguar I-PACE SUVs in Dallas. [Photo: Waymo]
Waymo To Launch Robotaxi Service in Dallas Next Year
by David Seeley | Jul 29, 2025
Waymo is the fourth company to announced plans for driverless robotaxis in Dallas. Uber and Austin-based Avride plan to offer a service later this year, with Lyft launching its own "as soon as 2026." GM's Cruise robotaxis were tested on Dallas streets before the business unit was shut down last December.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 26, 2025
While TIME put Maximum Effort and Waymo on its 2025 worldwide covers, Dallas future-shaping companies are in the mix. Two are Dallas-based. Another Texas company—now a $2B brand—got its start here, too.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 11, 2022
Waymo, the self-driving truck unit from Google parent Alphabet Inc., has hauled over 1 million pounds of Modelo and Corona beer from Dallas to Houston in autonomously driven trucks, reports David Welch of Bloomberg News.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 6, 2022
Waymo's new hub—built from the ground up—is a $10 million investment in Lancaster that will bring "hundreds of jobs" to the community, a Waymo exec announced at its opening last week.
"This operation and Waymo's investment in the region further cements Dallas-Fort Worth as the home to autonomous vehicles in the U.S.," added Duane Dankesreiter, SVP for research and innovation at the Dallas Regional Chamber.
"This operation and Waymo's investment in the region further cements Dallas-Fort Worth as the home to autonomous vehicles in the U.S.," added Duane Dankesreiter, SVP for research and innovation at the Dallas Regional Chamber.
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Waymo Via Partners With J.B. Hunt to Run Robotically Driven Freight From Houston to Fort Worth
by David Seeley | Jun 10, 2021
The test runs will use the autonomous Waymo Via Class 8 trucking unit, completing the 262-mile haul in Level 4 robotic mode—with a driver and technician in the cab to monitor things.
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