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Tesla’s robotaxis are cheaper than Waymo, but the wait times are longer

Tesla's robotaxis are not robotaxis in the sense that they're not fully driverless and still feature safety monitors with access to a kill switch in case anything goes wrong. But the automaker is shaking things up with its approach to pricing, according to a new analysis of the nascent market. Obi,...

Tesla’s robotaxis are cheaper than Waymo, but the wait times are longer
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Tesla's robotaxis are not robotaxis in the sense that they're not fully driverless and still feature safety monitors with access to a kill switch in case anything goes wrong. But the automaker is shaking things up with its approach to pricing, according to a new analysis of the nascent market.

Obi, an app that aggregates real-time pricing and pickup times for multiple ridehailing services, published a sequel to its report from last year that analyzed Waymo's prices and rider satisfaction compared to traditional ridehail services like Uber and Lyft. The new report now factors in Tesla's service, since the previous survey represented data pri …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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