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Waymo Bringing Self-Driving Cars to Detroit

Nov 4, 2025 | 2:30 PM

A Waymo self-driving taxi cruises up Pine Street in San Francisco this summer. Photo: Paul Edward Parker ~ USA TODAY NETWORK

DETROIT, MI ~ Detroit will be the first city in the Midwest to service Waymo, a self-driving vehicle company. According to the company, Waymo will start ramping up tests with drivers throughout the Motor City this week before giving their autonomous vehicles free reign. Waymo has primarily kept their business on the West Coast and down South, but has been testing in the Upper Peninsula to confirm they can handle the rough winters.

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Nov. 4, 2025 ~ Chris Renwick and Jamie Edmonds talk with Henry Payne, auto columnist at The Detroit News, about Waymo LLC bringing its self-driving fleet to Detroit!

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