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How Much Are Robotaxi Utopia Promises Simply Myths?

January 12, 2025 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Lyft, robotaxis, san francisco, tesla, Uber, waymo

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 04:45:47 +0000

Much of the discussion around robotaxis these days is focused on how well they work and how quickly they can scale up and reproduce. However, some of the initial premises on why robotaxis could be good and helpful have probably not gotten enough attention. Bloomberg recently interviewed former director of … [continued]

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55% of Americans Would Ride in a Tesla Robotaxi

January 11, 2025 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Lyft, ridehailing, ridesharing, robotaxis, tesla, tesla robotaxis, Uber

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:34:45 +0000

I just wrote about interesting new research finding that 25% of Americans are completely avoiding Tesla products because of Elon Musk. It’s a big deal, whether many Tesla fans want to acknowledge it or not. In theory, that’s 1.5 million sales rather than 2 million. But that’s not what most … [continued]

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Uber & WeRide Launch Robotaxis in Abu Dhabi

December 10, 2024 admin Abu Dhabi, AI, autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, robotaxis, UAE, Uber, weride

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 04:24:36 +0000

Having gone to Abu Dhabi several times for cleantech conferences, I could see that UAE leaders were very keen on futuristic tech and very keen on superlatives — the biggest, the first, the tallest, the fastest, etc. So, I knew it would be quick to deploy robotaxis. Today, the capital … [continued]

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