Economic pressures also weigh heavily on Waymo’s future. With their cutting-edge AI technologies and sensors, each Waymo car is eye-poppingly expensive: more than $120,000, analysts estimate.

Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet, Google's parent company, has introduced a groundbreaking service in Phoenix, Arizona, allowing teenagers as young as 14 to ride in robotaxis without adult supervision.

Starting Monday, Waymo began a road trip to Philadelphia as part of a cross-country tour visiting 10 cities in 2025, including New York City, Boston and Las Vegas, a spokesperson for the company said.

Waymo cars parked at a San Francisco, California facility in June 2025. Getty Images Jersey City and Hoboken will also be trekked through as part of the metro-area tour, the rep said.

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