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Ep 89: Waymo’s Lead and Autonomous Trucking’s Inflection Point

This week on ⁠Autonomy Markets⁠, ⁠Grayson Brulte⁠ and Walter Piecyk discuss Waymo’s undisputed global lead, the growing consumer-driven shift toward supervised ADAS (Level 2++), and autonomous trucking’s inflection point. After spending the week in Silicon Valley, Walt shared his on the ground observations amidst the backdrop of Waymo’s noisy week where the company paused service…

Ep 88: Forget the Waymo/Uber News, Focus on the Nuro and WeRide Partnerships

This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Waymo’s newly announced expansion ahead of the World Cup, the suddenly accelerating deterioration of the Uber/Waymo relationship, and the partnerships that actually matter for Uber’s autonomous future. As Waymo expanded their U.S. service area by 1,400 square miles across 11 cities, Uber continued to…

Ep 87: Vegas Field Report and Autonomous Trucking Earnings

This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Grayson’s Las Vegas field work riding in Zoox and Motional robotaxis, Uber’s earnings and the path to driver-out, and autonomous trucking earnings. The first thing Grayson did when he landed in Vegas was try to order a Zoox, but the service was not available…

Ep 86: Big Week for U.S. Autonomous Trucks, While China Shuts Down Autonomy

This week on ⁠Autonomy Markets⁠, ⁠Grayson Brulte⁠ and Walter Piecyk discuss Bot Auto’s fully autonomous commercial run from Houston to Dallas, Aurora’s expanded partnership with Hirschbach, and Uber’s CTO publicly criticizing ⁠Waymo⁠ on X over safety. With ⁠Bot Auto⁠ completing a 231 mile commercial paid run with no human in the cab, no safety driver, and no observer, the conversation evolves into…

Ep 85: Tesla’s Dedicated Superchargers Signal the Real Strategy as Robotaxi Scale Delayed

This week on ⁠Autonomy Markets⁠, ⁠Grayson Brulte⁠ and Walter Piecyk discuss Tesla’s dedicated Supercharger build-out for ⁠Robotaxi⁠ in Arizona, Kodiak’s autonomous trucking operations in the Permian Basin, and Mobileye’s defensive posture on their Q1 earnings call. With Tesla launching unsupervised robotaxis in Dallas and Houston this week, the conversation evolves into a deeper discussion around newly filed permits for 56…