Waymo, the California-based autonomous vehicle company, has brought a limited fleet of vehicles piloted by trained, human autonomous specialists to test on Las Vegas roads, company officials

Waymo is sending autonomous vehicles to 10 new cities in 2025, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego, the company shared exclusively with The Verge. The vehicles will be manually driven, and the testing operations are not necessarily a precursor to the launch of a commercial robotaxi service.

Shares of Uber and Lyft fell Wednesday amid a report Alphabet's Waymo plans to expand autonomous vehicle operations to 10 more cities in 2025.

Shares of Uber and Lyft have come under pressure as Alphabet's Waymo expands autonomous vehicle testing to 10 new cities, including Las Vegas and San Diego.

Waymo, the autonomous vehicle company, announced it will soon begin testing its fleet of self-driving cars in Las Vegas.A spokesperson said vehicles will return

Autonomous ride-hailing services will be tested in San Diego, Las Vegas and other cities that will be announced later.

After testing the Waymo Driver in multiple cities, the company says the tech is adapting successfully to new environments, leading to the expansion.

Waymo plans to start testing autonomous vehicles in 10 new cities this year, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego, according to The Verge. Although this doesn't mean the company will launch commercial operations in any of these cities — or even test them in autonomous mode.

A Waymo autonomous vehicle drives along Masonic Avenue on April 11, 2022 in San Francisco, ... [+] California. San Francisco is serving as testing grounds for autonomous vehicles

Waymo said it will start testing some of its driverless cars on LA freeways. U.S. figure skater Spencer Lane, 16, shared a photo from inside American Eagle Flight 5342 before it took off from Wichita,