However, the road tests don’t necessarily indicate that commercial services are being imminently planned in these locations. So citizens of San Diego and Las Vegas — and the eight other locations — may spot a Waymo touring their cities this year, but they won't be able to hop in for a ride anytime soon.

A more favorable federal regulatory and legislative environment may help propel the growth of driverless ride-hailing vehicles in the United States.

San Diegans may see soon see Waymo’s driverless cars on local streets soon. The vehicles, owned by the autonomous-vehicle taxi company, won’t be picking up passengers yet, however. Instead, the company tweeted out,