Waymo + Uber — Will This Combo Blow Up Robotaxi Use?
Waymo’s been expanding, and usage of the company’s robotaxis has been growing steadily, but, honestly, it’s all been happening a bit slowly. That’s been the investment/financial critique of the company, that it can’t scale up quickly, easily, or profitably. An investment case is hard to make if there’s no clear way a company or technology can reach the economies of scale necessary to break even financially and then start raking in the profits.been surviving and growing.
Uber has scale and wants robotaxis. Waymo has robotaxis and wants scale. It’s a match made in app heaven. “Since both companies were founded in 2009, Waymo and Uber have in their own ways each revolutionized access to mobility. Now, we’re partnering to bring together Waymo’s world-leading autonomous driving technology with the massive scale of Uber’s ridesharing and delivery networks,”. It’s funny to think about, because they have both been revolutionary, but in very different ways.
Now, we can’t jump ahead too far yet. We don’t know how expansive this partnership will be. To start, they are collaborating in Phoenix, where’s Waymo’s rather limited robotaxi service started. Later in 2023, Waymo robotaxis will be hailable for either human transport or to transport food to your home, place of work, or secret hideout.
While I have repeatedly pointed out that Waymo isn’t available far and wide, we should perhaps take note that the Phoenix area where Uber and Waymo will start teaming up does hold a record. “At over 180 square miles, Waymo’s Phoenix operations are currently the largest fully autonomous service area in the world,” Uber writes.
Indeed, the potential is huge. That said … it’s only really huge if Waymo can expand far beyond Phoenix with Uber.
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