Waymo agreed to start testing independent cars at San Francisco International Airport

Waymo was granted a permit to start testing its independent cars at San Francisco International Airport, before launching a commercial service.

San Francisco mayor’s office Declare Tuesday that the airport, known as SFO and Waymo, has signed a “experimental permit for testing and operations” after years of underdeveloped negotiations. The deal comes with SFO just two weeks after Waymo cleansing to start the test in The nearby San Jose Minita Airport – And since Tesla also tries to accompany her way Provide horseback service to these airports.

SFO is not the first airport that Waymo will serve; The company has been working at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix since 2023. But SFO has been a target for longmo for a long time, if not, because it is the largest airport to serve the company’s base in Silicon Valley.

The airport authorities initially refused and Emo Again in 2023But this year Waymo was given a permit to start drawing airport maps, which is a clear indication that The relationship had melted.

The newly granted declaration allows Waymo to move forward in three stages. The first will see a Waymo AVS test in self -judgment with a “trained specialist” behind the steering wheel. The second will include a passenger service with a Waymo test with employees and airport employees. The third stage of Waymo will allow the start of offering paid horse riding.

Once Waymo enters that third stage, the company says it will provide capacities and home in “Kiss & Fly Aree” at the airport, which requires the Artrain flight to reach the stations. The company says it intends to “explore other locations at the airport in the future.”

Waymo Techcrunch spokesman Chris Bonley told the company that the company will start testing “very soon”, but it refused to put a timetable on the remaining stages. He said that the third stage of providing paid horse riding will continue on the basis of “a month to a month” while Waymo works with SFO on the “continuous commercial operations permit.”

SFO horseback offering will be the latest in a growing list of Waymo achievements this year. The company has Expand to multiple new citiesWith an increasing number of partners, such as Uber, and more on the horizon of 2026. Waymo develops its service area in Silicon Valley as well, making the service to SFO increasingly inevitable.

This story was updated with new information from Waymo about timing.