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Waymo hits 170 million miles while avoiding serious mayhem

Waymo hits 170 million miles while avoiding serious mayhem

Waymo says its autonomous vehicles have now traveled over 170 million miles while continuing to avoid serious crashes and injuries at a rate much better than human drivers. The company updated its online safety hub to reflect the new driving figures. As of December 2025, Waymo's fleet has driven the...

Waymo vehicle
A Waymo autonomous taxi on Bush Street in San Francisco, on Wednesday, December 17th, 2025. | Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images

Waymo says its autonomous vehicles have now traveled over 170 million miles while continuing to avoid serious crashes and injuries at a rate much better than human drivers. The company updated its online safety hub to reflect the new driving figures.

As of December 2025, Waymo's fleet has driven the equivalent of "200 lifetimes of driving," assuming every human drives the equivalent of 850,000 miles in their lifetime. But unlike those pesky humans, the Waymo Driver - which is what the company calls the combination of AI, software, and various sensors that enable its vehicles to drive autonomously - is much better at avoiding serious crashes …

Read the full story at The Verge.