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Cap: company primary dashboard with secondary press; not independently verified by DEPLOY."},{"label":"Injury-crash reduction through June 2026 (reported)","value":"Reported (Waymo Safety Impact hub; Electrek / Jameson Dow + The Verge, 24 Sep 2026): 82% fewer injury-causing crashes vs human benchmark over the same distance in operating cities, equating to 841 fewer injury-causing crashes through June 2026 rider-only miles. Cap: company primary with secondary press coverage 24 Sep 2026."},{"label":"Serious injury or worse reduction through June 2026 (reported)","value":"Reported (Waymo Safety Impact hub; Electrek / Jameson Dow + The Verge, 24 Sep 2026): 95% fewer serious injury or worse crashes vs human benchmark, equating to 55 fewer such crashes through June 2026 rider-only miles. Cap: company primary with secondary press; police-report based serious/fatal outcome per Waymo methodology notes."},{"label":"VRU injury-crash reductions through June 2026 (reported)","value":"Reported (Waymo Safety Impact hub; Electrek / Jameson Dow, 24 Sep 2026; The Verge corroboration): vs human benchmark through June 2026 rider-only miles, 93% fewer pedestrian injury crashes (86 fewer), 86% fewer cyclist injury crashes (56 fewer), and 82% fewer motorcycle injury crashes (36 fewer). Cap: company primary with secondary press coverage 24 Sep 2026."},{"label":"California paid trips/week ~314.7K as of Jun 2026 (reported)","value":"Reported (wholemars chart, Sep 24 2026): chart labeled Waymo paid trips per week in California shows approximately 314.7K weekly paid trips as of the Jun 2026 data point (series Dec 2024 to Jun 2026). Caption notes June 2025 disruption from Los Angeles protests and May-June 2026 overlap with Waymo's freeway pause. Cap: secondary analyst chart on X, not a Waymo primary release; distinct from the existing registry Weekly rides figure (~500K paid/week targeting 1M by end-2026), which appears broader than this California-only series"},{"label":"Fleet size ~4,000 as of Sep 24 2026 (reported)","value":"Reported (TechCrunch / Kirsten Korosec, 24 Sep 2026): Waymo's robotaxi fleet is roughly 4,000 vehicles. Distinct from the existing July 2026 registry snapshot (3,800+ vehicles across 10 cities). Cap: secondary press fleet estimate; not a Waymo primary release."},{"label":"California + Texas fleet share ~80% (reported Sep 2026)","value":"Reported (TechCrunch / Kirsten Korosec, 24 Sep 2026): about 80% of Waymo's roughly 4,000 robotaxis are in California and Texas, with the remaining vehicles spread across other states including Arizona and Florida. 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Parted ways in Phoenix May 2026."},{"label":"Austin/Atlanta dispute","value":"Waymo questioned cleanliness/routing of Uber-operated vehicles. Uber raised concerns about financial terms and weather-related unavailability."},{"label":"Munich expansion","value":"First European robotaxi market — mapping/testing starts 2026, commercial targeted end 2027 (working with KBA for Level 4 approval)"},{"label":"City count (company Instagram Sep 2026)","value":"Waymo claimed on Instagram (Sep 18 2026) it is operating in 15 cities; curated registry metro count remains separate pending verification"},{"label":"Teen accounts Nashville (company Instagram Sep 2026)","value":"Waymo Instagram (Sep 22 2026) said teen accounts for ages 13-17 are now available in Nashville via linked parent/teen accounts. Company product claim"},{"label":"Transit rewards SF Bay (company Instagram Sep 2026)","value":"Waymo Instagram (Sep 22 2026) said Waymo Cash transit rewards for autonomous rides combined with public-transit connections are coming to the SF Bay Area in the coming weeks. Company product claim; launch not independently verified here"},{"label":"Transit rewards Visa $2.85 (reported Sep 2026)","value":"Reported (Electrek, The Verge, 22 Sep 2026): Waymo is expanding transit rewards so riders who link a Visa card and use the same card for a Waymo ride and public transit within two hours receive $2.85 in Waymo Cash. Rolling out first in San Francisco / the SF Bay Area after earlier SF (2024) and LA (2025) pilots; Visa-only for now per Electrek. Waymo head of sustainability Adam Lenz quoted via The Verge on bridging transit access. Cap: secondary press corroboration; company primary blog URL not located in this scan. Complements prior Instagram Bay Area transit-rewards claim without replacing it."},{"label":"Caltrain station staging spaces (reported Sep 2026)","value":"Reported (The Verge, 22 Sep 2026): alongside the Visa transit rewards rollout, Waymo said it announced dozens of dedicated robotaxi staging spaces at Caltrain stations to cut wait times for train connections, with intent to expand staging and rewards to more cities over time. Cap: secondary press; company primary URL not located in this scan."},{"label":"Rider-only miles through June 2026 (reported)","value":"Reported (Waymo Safety Impact hub; Electrek / Jameson Dow, 24 Sep 2026; The Verge corroboration): 271.3M rider-only (fully driverless) miles through June 2026 across operating cities (LA 67.098M, SF Bay 82.421M, Phoenix 92.121M, Austin 21.064M, Atlanta 8.624M). Electrek notes ~50M miles added since the end-of-March update. Cap: company primary dashboard with secondary press; not independently verified by DEPLOY."},{"label":"Injury-crash reduction through June 2026 (reported)","value":"Reported (Waymo Safety Impact hub; Electrek / Jameson Dow + The Verge, 24 Sep 2026): 82% fewer injury-causing crashes vs human benchmark over the same distance in operating cities, equating to 841 fewer injury-causing crashes through June 2026 rider-only miles. Cap: company primary with secondary press coverage 24 Sep 2026."},{"label":"Serious injury or worse reduction through June 2026 (reported)","value":"Reported (Waymo Safety Impact hub; Electrek / Jameson Dow + The Verge, 24 Sep 2026): 95% fewer serious injury or worse crashes vs human benchmark, equating to 55 fewer such crashes through June 2026 rider-only miles. Cap: company primary with secondary press; police-report based serious/fatal outcome per Waymo methodology notes."},{"label":"VRU injury-crash reductions through June 2026 (reported)","value":"Reported (Waymo Safety Impact hub; Electrek / Jameson Dow, 24 Sep 2026; The Verge corroboration): vs human benchmark through June 2026 rider-only miles, 93% fewer pedestrian injury crashes (86 fewer), 86% fewer cyclist injury crashes (56 fewer), and 82% fewer motorcycle injury crashes (36 fewer). Cap: company primary with secondary press coverage 24 Sep 2026."},{"label":"California paid trips/week ~314.7K as of Jun 2026 (reported)","value":"Reported (wholemars chart, Sep 24 2026): chart labeled Waymo paid trips per week in California shows approximately 314.7K weekly paid trips as of the Jun 2026 data point (series Dec 2024 to Jun 2026). Caption notes June 2025 disruption from Los Angeles protests and May-June 2026 overlap with Waymo's freeway pause. Cap: secondary analyst chart on X, not a Waymo primary release; distinct from the existing registry Weekly rides figure (~500K paid/week targeting 1M by end-2026), which appears broader than this California-only series"},{"label":"Fleet size ~4,000 as of Sep 24 2026 (reported)","value":"Reported (TechCrunch / Kirsten Korosec, 24 Sep 2026): Waymo's robotaxi fleet is roughly 4,000 vehicles. Distinct from the existing July 2026 registry snapshot (3,800+ vehicles across 10 cities). Cap: secondary press fleet estimate; not a Waymo primary release."},{"label":"California + Texas fleet share ~80% (reported Sep 2026)","value":"Reported (TechCrunch / Kirsten Korosec, 24 Sep 2026): about 80% of Waymo's roughly 4,000 robotaxis are in California and Texas, with the remaining vehicles spread across other states including Arizona and Florida. Cap: secondary press geographic split."},{"label":"Texas fleet 1,102 registered AVs as of Sep 24 2026 (reported)","value":"Reported (TechCrunch / Kirsten Korosec, 24 Sep 2026, citing state vehicle registrations and the Texas Autonomous Vehicle Fleet Tracker): as of 24 Sep 2026 Waymo had 1,102 autonomous vehicles registered in Texas. TechCrunch reports the Texas fleet grew 49% in the prior three weeks after a quieter summer (about 600 in June to more than 700 by end of August), driven by an influx of Ojai minivans that now make up about a third of the Texas fleet. Cap: secondary press citing state registration / tracker data; not independently verified by DEPLOY against TxDMV primary."}],"aliases":["Waymo LLC","Waymo One","Google Self-Driving Car Project","Waymo Driver","Alphabet Waymo","Google Waymo","Google self-driving car"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"atsProvider":"greenhouse","atsSlug":"waymo","factoryLocations":null,"manufacturingCapacity":null,"orgType":null,"burnSignal":null,"litigationEvents":null,"insurancePostureDisclosed":null,"unitEconomicsDisclosed":null,"tickerSymbol":null,"stockExchange":null,"secCik":null,"revenueUsd":null,"revenueBasis":null,"revenueAsOf":null,"employeeCount":2500,"employeeCountBasis":null,"employeeCountAsOf":null,"marketCapUsd":null,"marketCapAsOf":null,"marketCapSource":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-25T03:56:10.060Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-26T14:50:54.090Z"},"owner":null,"derived":{"trustTier":"unverified","currentPosture":null},"jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Event","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/deployments/waymo-driver-gen6-portland-oregon-usa","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/deployments/waymo-driver-gen6-portland-oregon-usa","name":"Waymo Driver (6th gen) at Portland, Oregon, USA","identifier":"3eec022d-2a93-4d74-81c4-8915a17059bd","startDate":"2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","eventStatus":"https://schema.org/EventScheduled","location":{"@type":"Place","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/locations/portland-oregon-usa","name":"Portland, Oregon, USA"},"organizer":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/companies/waymo","name":"Waymo"},"about":{"@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/waymo-driver-gen6","name":"Waymo Driver (6th gen)"},"publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}},"framework_metadata":{"framework_schema_version":"0.1.0","verification_status":"verified","maturity_stage":"commercial","lifecycle_state":"active","architectural_position":{"cohort":"av","sub_cohorts":[]},"within_cohort_verified_vs_claimed_pair":null,"cap_flags":[],"verification_depth":{"sources_count":1,"primary_source_types":[]}}}