Empower’s Business Model and Regulatory Arbitrage: Sales Tax, MTA Surcharges, Insurance, and Workers’ Comp Whether you agree or disagree with Empower’s argument that it is nothing more than a software subscription, obligations relating to insurance, sales tax, MTA surcharges,

Self-driving taxi company Waymo is now doing over 1.2 million rides per month in California, a 22x increase over the past two years. bilello.blog/newsletter

Waymo service is paused in LA right now due to the rain, although it hasn't been raining hard for 7 hours. But I noticed this waymo just hanging out in the same residential parking spot for 30+ minutes when I was walking around. 🤔 Lidars also spinning which seems like a waste

Elon Musk on LiDAR: “LiDAR also does not work well in snow, rain or dust due to reflection scatter. That’s why Waymos stop working in any heavy precipitation.” Yesterday in LA:

Uber is planning to spend more than $100 million to build fast-charging, autonomous-vehicle charging stations in the US, the latest move to establish itself as a critical player in the robotaxi industry bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Miami Dispatch & Intro 94: NYC Robotaxis Are Coming. The Real Fight Is Licensing. While AVs have arrived in Miami and other markets, in New York the battle will be over who captures AV licensing rights. City Council's Intro 94 is a good start, but needs to incorporate TLC plates

Zohran ‘Million Dolla Medallion’ Mamdani

🚨 VICTORY FOR NEW YORK DRIVERS 🚨 After strong opposition from rideshare drivers, labor & community advocates, Governor Hochul is pulling the driverless car proposal from the budget — protecting public safety & our livelihoods. This is what happens when drivers stand together.✊

Big piece of robotaxi reporting by Natalie Lung New York Governor Kathy Hochul has pulled a proposal that would have allowed for commercial robotaxi services outside New York City. A big blow for Waymo. But also note that Tesla shares fell when the headlines hit Bloomberg Terminal

SCOOP: New York Governor Kathy Hochul has pulled a proposal that would have allowed for commercial robotaxi services outside New York City Shares of Waymo parent Alphabet, Tesla briefly declined on the news bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Bhairavi Desai, the executive director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, which represents more than 28,000 cab, Uber and Lyft drivers in the city, said she welcomed the governor’s decision to pump the brakes on the upstate pilot programs. “This is technology that is going

Driverless Cars Delayed in New York (For Now), Focus on AV Licensing Must Remain New York taxi and for-hire drivers may have won a tactical delay, but the long-term fight is still about who controls the licenses when autonomous vehicles arrive automarketplace.com/newsletter

New Hyundai Ioniq5 Waymo in SF

Today, we’re launching Uber Autonomous Solutions—a comprehensive suite of services to help our AV partners commercialize, scale faster, and operate at the standard riders expect.

Uber is acquiring SpotHero! 🅿️🚗 We built Uber around enabling more people to get around without a car, but for times when you do choose to drive - commutes, events, family travel, airports - soon you'll be able to reserve a spot right from the Uber app

Starting today, we’re welcoming our first riders in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Orlando. ✨Be one of them — download the Waymo app today & sign up.

Waymo will start offering commercial robotaxi service in the three biggest cities in Texas bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

We’re officially welcoming SpotHero to the Uber family! Soon you’ll be able to find, book, and pay for parking right from the Uber app.

Insurance Up 14.3%. Driver Pay Up 3.4%. As vehicle prices, maintenance, repairs, and TLC commercial insurance outpace regional CPI-W, AutoMarketplace’s AIX index reveals real inflation impacting NYC’s for-hire drivers and fleets automarketplace.com/newsletter