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Ep 73: Waymo’s Controversy, Elon’s Mega Mergers and Uber’s Answer

This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Waymo’s LiDAR controversy following an incident in a Santa Monica school zone, the potential of a mega merger between Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, and Waabi’s $750 million capital raise to pivot into robotaxis. The conversation heats up as Walt and Grayson debate the efficacy of LiDAR versus…

Ep 72: Tesla Robotaxi Underwritten and Unleashed

This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Tesla officially removing safety attendants from Robotaxis in Austin, Waymo’s commercial launch in Miami, and Serve Robotics’ strategic acquisition of Diligent Robotics. It finally happened. Tesla has removed safety attendants from a select group of vehicles in Austin. While this initial fleet is limited…

Ep 71: Your Ride Just Got Fewer Sensors. Problem?

This week on ⁠Autonomy Markets⁠, ⁠Grayson Brulte⁠ and Walter Piecyk discuss New York Governor Hochul’s bill to legalize autonomous vehicles in New York, with New York City notably carved out, Uber’s changing ⁠Waymo⁠ partnership language and Waymo’s upcoming expansion to Sydney. In New York, autonomous vehicles could be coming to state roads, but not New…