EVwire brief: Waymo has registered a French and Spanish subsidiary, in the next step of its European expansion groundwork. 'Waymo France' was incorporated in Paris on June 23, while corporate filings show a 'Waymo Iberia SL' entered Spain's commercial registry in Madrid in mid-June.
Waymo France was incorporated in Paris on June 23 as an EURL with €100,000 in share capital, as noted by EV. Its stated corporate purpose leaves little to interpretation: providing on-demand passenger transport using autonomous vehicles, and supporting third-party commercial offerings of those services.
The Road to Autonomy highlighted Waymo’s France and Spain registrations on X:
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France is a logical target for Waymo. A 2021 ordinance has allowed Level 4 driverless commercial operations in approved zones since 2022, one of the few such frameworks in Europe, and WeRide already runs a driverless minibus service around Valence under it. The Spanish entity is thinner on detail, but the "Iberia" name hints at a remit covering Portugal too, where the first dedicated legal regime for on-road AV testing took effect this month.
The filings extend the paper trail that began with Waymo Germany GmbH's Munich registration in June, which has since been followed by job listings in Berlin and Munich. None of it is a launch for now, but with London and Tokyo announced and several more countries now papered, the outline of a continental rollout is visible before Waymo's first non-US service even opens in London later this year.
Source: EV, The Road to Autonomy on X
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