Waymo opens Dallas robotaxi service to everyone
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- Waymo dropped its Dallas robotaxi waitlist, allowing anyone to download the app and immediately hail a ride in the city.
- Dallas Love Field Airport remains off-limits, with Waymo still testing its self-driving vehicles there and expecting to serve riders "soon."
- Waymo has been testing in Dallas since last year and partners with Avis Budget Group, which handles depot operations, charging, and maintenance for a fleet of all-electric autonomous Jaguar I-Pace vehicles.
- The public service launched in February with a waitlist, and roughly 150,000 riders used the Waymo app during that period before full access opened Tuesday.
- Waymo paused service in May across Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Atlanta after robotaxis struggled with heavy rain and flooded roads, and says it may again temporarily halt operations during severe weather or flood warnings.
Why it matters: Waymo is executing the same staged playbook — test, waitlist, open — it has used in Phoenix, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, and the 150,000 Dallas waitlist riders provide a concrete demand benchmark before full public access. The May weather-related pause across four cities shows robotaxis still aren't all-weather ready, a reliability gap that could constrain scale as Waymo pushes into new markets.
