Waymo says it will expand to Europe next year with London launch

Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving ride-hail company, is officially headed to Europe.

The company announced on Wednesday that it is planning to start offering paid robotaxi rides in London next year, and said that its Jaguar I-PACE vehicles will start making their rounds—with safety drivers behind the wheel—along the London streets “in the coming weeks” as the company gears up for launching service.

London will become the second city outside the U.S. in Waymo’s international expansion, with testing in Tokyo having begun in April. In London, Waymo says it will partner with Moove, a mobility solutions company that Waymo is already working with in Phoenix and Miami, for fleet operations to handle things like charging infrastructure and cleaning vehicles. In the U.S., Waymo has worked with seve