Your Ride Just Got Fewer Sensors. Problem?This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss New York Governor Hochul’s bill to legalize autonomous vehicles in New York, with New York City notably carved out, Uber’s changing Waymo partnership language and Waymo’s…
CES 2026: The Autonomy Narrative Just ChangedThis week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss CES 2026, Zoox’s performance on the Las Vegas Strip and Uber’s potential long-term autonomy plans. Zoox’s performance was one of those hopefully “only in Las Vegas” moments,…
Waymo’s PR Problem and Tesla’s Missed DeadlinesThis week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss the fallout from Waymo’s crisis management failure in San Francisco, where a power outage left hundreds of vehicles stranded and blocking intersections throughout…
Tesla’s Austin Moment, LiDAR Chapter 11 & HYPR EmergesThis week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk, Grayson hit the road and met with Tim Kentley-Klay of HYPRLABS in San Francisco, Tesla started removing the safety attendees in Austin…
Rivian’s Vertical Integration Bet, Wayve’s Nissan Win & Uber’s Autonomy NarrativeThis week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Rivian’s bold vertical integration bet as the EV maker announced plans to build their own chips and lidar sensors, effectively moving away from NVIDIA.Is…
Waymo Upstages Uber’s Party: Avride’s Debut & The Reality of ScalingThis week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss “Thriller in the Big D” as Waymo upstages Uber’s party in Dallas. The day before Uber was set to announce its commercial launch with Avride…
China vs US: Who Can Scale Faster, WeRide or Waymo?This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Uber and WeRide’s fully autonomous launch in Abu Dhabi, marking Uber’s first robotaxi deployment without a safety driver outside the United States.On WeRide’s earnings, the…
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