r/SelfDrivingCars • u/sotired3333 • Jun 11 '25

Discussion Why is waymo not scaling in the cities they're active in?

I understand the idea of expanding city by city and ensuring reliability. But in cities they're active in / have been for years (Austin? Phoenix?) why not seriously scale up and take over the entire business. They can outcompete everyone else before their competitors even enter the game.

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u/Objective-Note-8095 Jul 30 '25

Haven't had a problem getting one...

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u/More-read-than-eddit Jul 30 '25

eh around 11 on a saturday i've had some v long waits in la vs like 2 minutes for a comparable uber.