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Waymo is planning to deploy 20,000 robotaxis in cities by 2027. Including Tokyo, London, Madrid, + Toronto. In the US, Waymos have caused city-wide gridlock, been involved in 3 fatalities, blocked streetcars, buses, + secret service motorcades (+ killed at least one bodega cat). That's not all 👇

gizmodo.comWaymo Reportedly Plans to Put 20,000 Robotaxis on the Road by the End of 2027The company reportedly plans to double its current fleet by the end of this year alone.

22/10/26, 1:14 pm1 repost7 likes

Taras Grescoe 🚇

@taras-grescoe.com

Cities should think twice about letting tech companies test driverless cars on their streets. And commentators need to stop treating the arrival as inevitable. Since I wrote this post earlier this year, the troubling incidents have continued to accumulate: www.highspeed.blog/waymo-trouble/

highspeed.blogWaymo TroubleRobotaxis are Being Sold as Better in Every Way than Cars with Human Drivers (But don't try to tell that to Kit Kat)

John Berry

@aniccia.bsky.social

No US city other than DC has had a choice bc Waymo has gotten most US states and all the states where they operate their ridehail service to pass laws preempting local regulation of their tech and service.