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A fleet-services startup with roots in Africa will clean, charge and maintain Waymo's robotaxis in Phoenix, then build depots for a planned 2026 launch in Miami. Neither side disclosed terms.
Lyft's Flexdrive unit is to clean, charge and maintain the fleet, and Waymo's cars are to appear in the Lyft app later. None of it had started when the deal was announced.
Moove, the outside company hired in 2024, runs the depots. Rides start with a waitlist of about 10,000 people, inside a 60-square-mile area that skips South Beach and the airport.
Waymo's 11th robotaxi city launched with "dozens of vehicles," and a Lyft subsidiary is slated to take on charging, cleaning and repairs. Lyft says half of its depot hires so far have been current or former Lyft drivers.