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* Waymo on Wednesday said humans will begin test driving the Alphabet-owned company's robotaxi vehicles in Baltimore, Pittsburgh and St. Louis.
* The Alphabet-owned company is now either operating its robotaxis, planning to launch service or is starting to test its vehicles in 26 markets.
* Waymo said it will begin manual drives in the trio of new cities this week with hopes to eventually begin serving fully-autonomous rides there.
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Waymo on Wednesday said humans will begin test driving the [Alphabet](/quotes/GOOG/)-owned company's robotaxi vehicles in Baltimore, Pittsburgh and St. Louis.
The three cities represent the latest additions to Waymo's quickly growing list of cities where the Google sister company is either operating its robotaxis, planning to launch service or starting to test its vehicles. That list now stands at 26 markets.
Waymo will begin manual drives in the trio of new cities this week with hopes to eventually begin serving fully-autonomous rides there, spokesperson Ethan Teicher told CNBC.
Over the past month, Waymo has been aggressively making announcements for new markets and developments at the Google sister company. This comes as tech rivals [Amazon](/quotes/AMZN/) and [Tesla](/quotes/TSLA/) made advancements in the robotaxi market in 2025. Amazon's [Zoox](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/10/amazons-zoox-jumps-into-us-robotaxi-race-with-las-vegas-launch-.html) began offering free rides in Las Vegas and San Francisco, and [Tesla](/quotes/TSLA/) this year launched ride-hailing [service](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/20/tesla-robotaxi-launch-austin.html) with human supervisors in the Austin and San Francisco markets.
In November, Waymo [announced](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/waymo-to-begin-manual-drives-in-minneapolis-tampa-and-new-orleans.html) that it will soon begin manually driving in Minneapolis, Tampa and New Orleans. The company also [added](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/waymo-texas-florida-2026.html) Houston, San Antonio and Orlando to its list of cities where it'll launch service in 2026. Waymo also began offering rides on [freeways](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/12/waymo-robotaxi-starts-freeway-highway-rides.html) in the San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix markets, and it [named](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/10/waymo-announces-new-cfo-steve-fieler.html) a new finance chief.
With more than 250,000 weekly paid trips, Waymo's robotaxi service currently operates in Austin, the San Francisco Bay Area, Phoenix, Atlanta and Los Angeles markets. The company in May said it had provided more than [10 million](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/20/waymo-ceo-tekedra-mawakana-10-million.html) paid rides since launching in 2020.
The new cities further signal that Waymo is increasingly confident its service can work well in locations with colder weather conditions.
**WATCH:** [Waymo launches paid robotaxi rides on freeways](https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/11/12/watch-waymo-launches-paid-robotaxi-rides-on-freeways.html)
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title:Waymo expanding to Baltimore, Pittsburgh and St. Louis with manual test drives
source:CNBC