Can’t see the video? Click here. To read a transcript, click here. City Times staffers climbed into an Uber in San Francisco on a recent trip to the Bay Area for a media conference, taking the opportunity to do some reporting on the side. No sooner had Waymos been brought up by journalist Samira Hassan did the driver, Sandy Hui, share her straightforward opinion on the autonomous robocars sharing the road with her. “Oh, I don’t like them,” she said. Waymo made its debut in San Francisco in November 2024 as the first fully public autonomous robotaxi, shaking up the existing rideshare industry. To see what it was like, the City Times reporters ventured to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge in the self-driving Waymo. The autonomous car traveled throughout the city of San Francisco, sporting a bright white exterior of a Jaguar I-PACE with the addition of a black leather interior, controlled climate and choice of personal music selection. Can’t access the audio? Click here. To read a transcript, click here. While passing dozens of people enjoying picnics, going on runs or walking around with friends, when they looked at the driver’s seat of their Waymo, there wasn’t a person to be found. Two years into its operation, Waymo cars have arrived in 10 cities in the United States with plans for the service to expand into San Diego in mid-2026. A set release date or official service area have not yet been released, explained Mark Lewis, Waymo’s public relations manager, in an email to City Times. “We are still laying the groundwork for our expansion (in San Diego),” Lewis said. “We haven’t set a launch date yet, but when we do, we’ll release our service area map.” With the future of self-driving cars in San Diego in Waymo’s hands,