Waymo is expanding its U.S. manufacturing footprint to meet growing demand for its autonomous ride-hailing service, Waymo One. In a press release published May 6, the Alphabet subsidiary announced the opening of a new 250,000-square-foot Waymo Driver integration facility in Mesa, Arizona—designed to “support the scaled deployment of our fully autonomous ride-hailing service across multiple cities.”
The new facility will serve as the central hub for integrating the company’s sixth-generation autonomous driving technology into its fleet of all-electric Jaguar I-PACE vehicles. These vehicles will be deployed into Waymo One, which now delivers over 50,000 paid rider-only trips each week across Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
“This new facility is critical to scaling our operations and delivering on our mission,” Waymo stated. “It’s built to produce tens of thousands of autonomous vehicles efficiently, safely, and at the highest quality possible.”
The Mesa site includes a streamlined end-of-line process that enables newly integrated vehicles to be dispatched into service in under 30 minutes. “This end-of-line process ensures that our newly integrated vehicles can start serving riders in our fleet the same day they’re completed,” Waymo said.
According to the company, the Arizona facility “will be the epicenter of our manufacturing and operations efforts for our growing ride-hail fleet,” supporting current operations and future service expansions in cities like Austin.
In addition to the Jaguar I-PACE, the Mesa facility is designed to support a range of platforms, including Waymo’s upcoming deployment of the Zeekr mobility platform. “The flexibility of this facility allows us to quickly integrate the Waymo Driver into a variety of vehicle platforms as we scale,” the company noted.
Waymo emphasized that its Mesa investment aligns with a broader vision for “a safe, sustainable, and accessible future,” underpinned by the efficient delivery of autonomous technology at commercial scale.
