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> Realistically looking it’s to early to fantasize about robitaxis ...for Tesla. For Waymo they're already doing >250K rider-omly rides/week.
by xnx 1y ago
> Realistically looking it’s to early to fantasize about robitaxis
...for Tesla. For Waymo they're already doing >250K rider-omly rides/week.
- tim333 1y agoAlso Baidu and WeRide. Baidu have 1000 taxis in Wuhan and say they are profitable on a per car basis.
- Ferret7446 1y agoI don't know how much I trust any numbers coming out of China. You'd be hard pressed to find any number that is only cooked one time.
- lnsru 1y agoAs an hardware engineer I would trust the numbers. With radar, lidar and camera fusion more could be achieved. Or April tags on the main streets in the city. Ar magnetic markers in the streets.
- tim333 1y agoThe Baidu robotaxi seems pretty much a copy of the Waymo one. Interestingly both seem able to be remote controlled by a human at their office if they have problems so the autonomous driving may not be quite as good as made out.
- tim333 1y agoyeah, dunno. My source was this https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/global-robotaxi-race-heats-up-between-us-and-chinese-rivals.html https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/global-robotaxi-race-heats-u... There's an ft article today saying "According to Goldman Sachs, China’s nascent robotaxi market is expected to rise from $54mn this year to $47bn by 2035." which would be a lot (https://archive.ph/U7R9a https://archive.ph/U7R9a)