Waymo pays $220M for Apple's 5,458-acre AV proving ground

Waymo paid $220 million in a June 5 real-estate transaction to acquire a 5,458-acre autonomous-vehicle proving ground in Wittmann, Arizona - the facility Apple built for roughly $125 million in 2021 as the centerpiece of its now-cancelled Project Titan self-driving car program. The site includes a 115-acre city-simulation course, a vehicle dynamics area, a four-mile oval track, and a dedicated freeway course; Waymo told TechCrunch it will use the facility for rider-only testing, motion control validation, operational training workflows, and future testing expansion as it works toward 1 million paid robotaxi rides per week by year-end.