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Waymo's robotaxis had 95% fewer serious crashes than humans. Now it plans a fleet of 20,000 cars
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Waymo's safety hub now covers 271 million driverless miles: 0.01 serious-injury crashes per million miles, against 0.21 for the human benchmark in the same areas. An independent IIHS study on older data (2021-2024, about 50 million miles) found 81% fewer injury crashes, though Austin came out slightly worse than human drivers. Semafor now reports Waymo wants to go from about 4,000 cars to 20,000 by the end of 2027, funded by a $5 billion loan.
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