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On August 21, Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana announced on Tuesday thatAutonomous drivingtaxiThe service's weekly paid trips in the U.S. have surpassed 100,000, double the 50,000 reported in May.

A Waymo spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday that San Francisco currently "offers the most rides" among the cities where commercial services are operated, including San Francisco, Phoenix, Austin and Los Angeles.

Last month, Alphabet announced it would invest an additional $5 billion in Waymo, which has been operating as Alphabet's self-driving project since 2009.

On Monday, Waymo unveiled details of its "Generation 6" self-driving system, which will allow the company to offer its services in a wider range of weather conditions and reduce the number of expensive cameras and sensors on its vehicles.

Waymo currently operates the only commercial self-driving taxi service in the United States, Waymo One, with about 700 vehicles. The company has previously partnered withUberWaymo said in a statement on Tuesday that it added more than 230 square kilometers to its service area in Phoenix in June, making it the largest autonomous taxi service area in the United States.

In addition, Waymo has expanded its San Francisco service to three new areas in California: Daly City, Broadmoor, and Colmar, and is testing autonomous vehicles on highways in the San Francisco metropolitan area.

Although the media has not been able to independently verify Waymo's safety claims, the company said that after a total of more than 23.82 million kilometers of driving,unmannedDuring the mileage, Waymo Drivers were 3.5 times more effective than human drivers in avoiding accidents resulting in injuries and 3 times more effective than human drivers in avoiding accidents recorded by the police.

Although Didi and Pony.ai have launched commercial self-driving taxi services in China, Waymo has relatively limited competition in the U.S. For example, General Motors' Cruise has temporarily withdrawn its self-driving cars due to setbacks, and Uber and Ford have also suspended the development of self-driving taxi projects.

TeslaTesla has been promising for years that it will enable customers' existing cars to have autonomous driving capabilities through software updates, but has yet to launch a model suitable for use as a self-driving taxi. It is worth noting that Tesla plans to release its dedicated self-driving taxi CyberCab at a high-profile event on October 10, which has attracted great attention from the industry. (Xiaoxiao)