Waymo has grown its driverless car operations into 11 cities this fall. North Carolina isn’t one of them. The nation’s top robotaxi operator brought its service to Seattle, Denver, and Nashville in September. November brought Minneapolis, San Diego, Tampa, Las Vegas, and Detroit.
Two weeks back, the company named St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Baltimore as new markets. Waymo finished over 14 million driverless trips in 2025 — three times what it did in 2024.
Back in 2017, North Carolina passed laws allowing cars without drivers and stopped local governments from blocking them. State officials want to work with companies building this technology…