The biggest hurdles currently facing the robotaxi industry are economic and regulatory, not technological.
Why It’s Time to Get Optimistic About Self-Driving Cars
Robotaxi adoption shows that the tipping point is near, argues Azeem Azhar of the Exponential View
https://spectrum.ieee.org/robotaxi

Robotaxis should be a wakeup call for cities
An urbanist take on the driverless future
https://www.slowboring.com/p/robotaxis-should-be-a-wakeup-call

Robotaxi
A robotaxi, also known as robo-taxi, self-driving taxi or driverless taxi, is an autonomous car (SAE automation level 4 or 5) operated for a ridesharing company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotaxi
Elon Musk doubles-down on Tesla robotaxis in TV interview
The Tesla CEO sat down with CNBC following the car company's 2023 annual meeting.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/05/elon-musk-doubles-down-on-tesla-robotaxis-in-tv-interview/

Cruise ‘just days away’ from approval to mass-produce Origin robotaxis without steering wheels
The approval from NHTSA could come any day, Vogt said.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/7/23863390/cruise-origin-robotaxi-regulatory-approval-nhtsa

Seonglae Cho

