Waymo added airport runs in Nashville and Las Vegas's booming Harry Reid International, even as it keeps Philadelphia waiting more than a year without a launch date. The rollout's rougher edges surfaced in Tampa, where University of Tampa students described a ride gone wrong, and in Elon Musk's public jab calling Waymo vehicles 'pet destroyers' as the robotaxi rivalry with Tesla sharpens. Together the stories sketch a company sprinting into new cities while safety questions and cautious timelines trail behind it.