Late last year, Waymo secured a Driverless Pilot permit from the state of California, bringing the alphabet-owned brand one step closer to launching its autonomous taxi service in the state. Now, Waymo is already expanding its service area, announcing plans to begin testing driverless cars in Los Angeles. The company tells Engadget that the test will mark the first time that fully autonomous cars will roam the streets of LA, and that thanks to successful tests in San Francisco, its been able to roll out autonomous drivers in new cities with “little-to-no on-board engineering work.”…

That doesn’t mean the company is ready to launch its Waymo One taxi service in California, however. The LA test will likely follow the same course as Waymo’s fleet in San Francisco: a limited number of vehicles only available to riders in the Waymo Research Trusted Tester program.