Waymo approved to start testing autonomous vehicles at San Francisco International Airport

Before the commercial service is launched, Wemo has been allowed to start an autonomous vehicle examination at San Francisco International Airport.

San Francisco mayor’s office Declaration On Tuesday, the airport, known as SFO and Wemo, has signed a “Testing and Operation Pilot Permit” after several years of discussion. The contract with SFO came just two weeks after weeing to start the test on Wemo. Near San Jose Minita International AirportThe

The first airport that wemo will serve is not SFO; The company has been working at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport since 2021. However, the SFO has been a target for WiMO for a long time, as it is the largest airport serving the Silicon Valley company’s home base.

Airport authorities initially rejected Weemo Back at 2023However this year WiMO was allowed to start mapping the airport, it is a clear indicator that it is The relationship is meltedThe

The newly approved permit allows Wemo to move on to three stages. The first one will test its AVS in autonomous mode with a “trained specialist” behind the Wimo wheel. The second will be involved with employees and airport staff. In the third phase Wemo will be allowed to start paying the payment.

Once the WiMO enters the third stage, the company says it will provide pickups and dropoffs at the airport’s “Kiss and Fly Area”, which requires an Airtren journey to reach the terminals. The agency says it is “it wants to explore other locations at the airport in the future.”

Offering to SFO and from this year will be the latest in the growing list of WiMO success this year. There are agencies Expanded to multiple new citiesUber is on the horizon of the 2026 with an increasing number of partners and many others. Wemo Silicon Valley is also expanding its service zone, the services in SFOs seem to be increasingly inevitable.