Waymo, the American self-driving tech company, is looking to expand its popular robotaxi service into the Canadian market.

Representatives for the California-based tech company confirmed on Friday that it would like to see its autonomous ride-hailing service operating in some of Canada’s biggest cities and said it is working to make it happen.

“Waymo has global ambitions,” spokesperson Ethan Teicher wrote in a statement to CityNews. “We are engaging with officials across Canada to help explain our technology and advocate for legal frameworks that would allow us to bring our fully autonomous ride-hailing service to Canada in the future.”

Waymo is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., which is Google’s parent company. It currently operates its robotaxi service in a limited number of urban areas

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