Robot cars are coming to Detroit streets.

Waymo LLC, a subsidiary of Google, said Monday that its self-driving fleet is headed to the Motor City. The electric autonomous ride-hailing service has become a fixture in cities like Phoenix and San Francisco, where hundreds of vehicles — instantly recognized by their rooftop Lidar arrays — service hundreds of thousands of customers with no driver behind the robotaxis' spinning steering wheel.

Recently, the service expanded to Los Angeles, Atlanta and Austin — and now it is expanding again with service in Detroit, plus San Diego and Las Vegas. Detroit is significant because it's Waymo's first northern market. Waymo said the service is targeted to operate 365 days a year through rain, sleet and snow.

The service is also notable because it uses

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