{"id":85878,"date":"2026-09-18T10:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T02:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=85878"},"modified":"2026-09-18T10:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T02:17:11","slug":"alphabet-owned-waymo-to-launch-autonomous-ride-hailing-service-in-singapore-by-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=85878","title":{"rendered":"Alphabet-owned Waymo to launch autonomous ride-hailing service in Singapore by 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>SINGAPORE: Autonomous driving technology company Waymo will launch its fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Singapore by 2028, marking its first entry into Southeast Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Friday (Sep 18), the Alphabet-owned company announced that it is partnering the Ministry of Transport (MOT) and Land Transport Authority (LTA) to lay the foundation to introduce an all-electric commercial ride-hailing service in Singapore that commuters will be able to book through the Waymo app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Waymo said that its first vehicles are expected to arrive in Singapore in the coming months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>An initial fleet of all-electric Jaguar I-PACE vehicles will be deployed as the company establishes its local operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During a &#8220;readiness phase&#8221; next year, trained autonomous specialists will initially drive the vehicles manually as Waymo adapts its autonomous driving technology, known as the Waymo Driver, to Singapore&#8217;s roads and conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This will include familiarising the system with local road geometry and monsoon weather conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Waymo intends to begin offering fully autonomous rides to members of the public through its app in 2028, subject to regulatory approvals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/autonomous-vehicle-av-waymo-transport-6393631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: Autonomous driving technology company Waymo will launch its fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Singapore by 2028, marking its first entry into Southeast Asia. On&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--HFq_XvYJ--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/09\/18\/waymo.png?itok=86eeUZT7","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[30205,11179,713,13862,3770,22,30206],"class_list":["post-85878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-alphabetowned","tag-autonomous","tag-launch","tag-ridehailing","tag-service","tag-singapore","tag-waymo","wpcat-2-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}