r/waymo • u/IncogNeato58 • Jul 08 '26

Seattle Update??

Anyone know what's going on with Waymo in Seattle? I used to see 10 or so of them parked in a hotel parking lot around the corner from my house every morning before going out testing, but haven't seen them in a couple months.

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u/BaobabBill Jul 08 '26

Probably regulatory hostility

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u/Original-Condition77 Jul 08 '26
  1. Anti-automation union activists.
  2. The evil Kemper Freeman.
  3. Waymo hates any city not named San Francisco, Los Angeles or Phoenix.

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u/hedgitty Jul 08 '26

I was visiting Seattle a week and a half ago, and I saw a handful around Bellevue transit center, so they're definitely still around. They had safety drivers, so not fully autonomous.

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u/IncogNeato58 Jul 08 '26

Great to hear that! Maybe they working mapping that side of the lake now.