In another escalation of the robotaxi wars, Waymo opened up its driverless ride-hailing platform across more of Los Angeles, and is now offering rides around the clock from Santa Monica Pier to Downtown LA.

The company said 300,000 people in the second-largest U.S. city have been waiting to use its robotic ridehail service – twice the number of paid weekly rides it provides.

Starting Tuesday, anyone in LA will be able to use the Waymo One app to hail a self-driving robotaxi throughout nearly 80 square miles of Los Angeles County, Waymo said. The company's ride-hailing service also operates citywide in Phoenix and San Francisco.