Alphabet’s Waymo expands in San Francisco with Uber lease


Waymo, widely considered the technical leader in autonomous driving, has been offering fully driverless taxi rides in Arizona for the past year. — dpa

Waymo, the autonomous vehicle unit owned by Google parent Alphabet Inc, is taking more office space in San Francisco.

The company is subleasing more than 48,000 square feet (4,460 square meters) at 555 Market Street in the city’s financial district from Uber Technologies Inc. Waymo already has space in the Bayview neighbourhood, while Google has several offices in the city.

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