Waymo says Singapore will be its next international robotaxi city
The Verge Andrew J. Hawkins
Waymo says it’ll bring robotaxis to Singapore in 2028. The cars start arriving soon, but it still needs local approval first.
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Waymo is taking its robotaxi push overseas, and Singapore is next on the list. The Alphabet-owned company says it wants to launch a service there in 2028, making the city-state its next international test for fully driverless ride-hailing.
The cars are supposed to start showing up in Singapore in the coming months. That early arrival is meant to set up mapping work and autonomous testing in 2027, with human safety drivers still behind the wheel during those runs.
Waymo says it is working toward offering fully autonomous ride-hailing to the public by 2028. That phrasing matters: this is still a plan, not a green light, and the company has not said it can start picking up passengers just yet.
Before any rides can begin, Waymo needs approval from Singapore’s Land Transport Authority. The city-state also requires autonomous vehicles to go through a safety assessment conducted at the …, which leaves the final regulatory step hanging in the source material. However it plays out, the company is clearly trying to turn Singapore into a real-world proof point for its international ambitions.
My take — AI-written commentary, not fact-checked reporting
Waymo keeps acting like expansion is just a shipping schedule, when the real bottleneck is regulators. Singapore is a sensible choice because it takes this stuff seriously, which is exactly why this won’t be a quick vanity lap. If autonomous ride-hailing is going global, it will be won in places that ask annoying questions first.
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