The complaint about the Clark County robotaxi permits didn't come from safety advocates. It came from taxi and livery operators, and it was about one road.
Airport to the Strip. The Golden Triangle.
Which makes sense once you think about who's filing it. That run is short, it's constant, and it's the fare that makes the rest of a shift pencil out. Lose it and the math on the whole day changes.
So when regulators clear up to 8,000 driverless vehicles into that market, it's not really a traffic question. It's a question about who gets the good route.
$TSLA drew around 5,000 of the allocation. $GOOGL's Waymo got 1,000. $UBER another 1,000 through Motional and Zoox.
Operators made their case. Regulators approved it anyway.
Probably how this goes in most cities, honestly.
Airport to the Strip. The Golden Triangle.
Which makes sense once you think about who's filing it. That run is short, it's constant, and it's the fare that makes the rest of a shift pencil out. Lose it and the math on the whole day changes.
So when regulators clear up to 8,000 driverless vehicles into that market, it's not really a traffic question. It's a question about who gets the good route.
$TSLA drew around 5,000 of the allocation. $GOOGL's Waymo got 1,000. $UBER another 1,000 through Motional and Zoox.
Operators made their case. Regulators approved it anyway.
Probably how this goes in most cities, honestly.
