The DARPA Grand Challenge proved autonomous driving was possible. Google proved it could work in cities. Waymo is proving it can be a business.
Self-driving cars are not about technology. They are about saving the 40,000 lives lost on American roads every year. Everything else is a footnote.
We started this project at Google in 2009 because we believed autonomous driving could be solved. Fifteen years later, we are the only ones actually doing it at scale.
Patience is our competitive advantage. Everyone else rushed to launch before the technology was ready. We waited until it was.
Every mile we drive teaches our system something new. We have driven more autonomous miles than every competitor combined. That data advantage compounds.
The hardest problem in autonomous driving is not the technology — it is earning public trust. One incident makes headlines. A million safe rides do not.