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Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:36:15 +0000

Waymo Hit 500K Weekly Rides — 10x Growth in 2 Years and Uber Drivers Are Watching

Honestly, remember when self-driving cars were “5 years away” for 15 straight years? Turns out they just… showed up.

Waymo is now completing 500,000 paid robotaxi trips per week across 10 US cities — a tenfold increase in under 24 months. No driver. No tip screen. No awkward conversation about crypto.

Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle division went from “interesting science project” to “actual transportation infrastructure” while nobody was paying attention. Like that one character in a heist movie who’s been quietly drilling through the vault wall the entire time.

🧩 Dumb Mode Dictionary (click for more details) 📖 How We Got Here (click for more details) 📊 The Numbers That Matter (click for more details) 🗣️ What People Are Saying (click for more details) 🔍 Why This Isn't Just a Tech Story (click for more details) ⚡ The Ripple Effects Nobody's Talking About (click for more details)

Cool. Ghost Cars Are Eating the Taxi Industry… Now What the Hell Do We Do? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

🛠️ Build AV Fleet Maintenance & Cleaning Services (click for more details) 📱 Create Local Waymo Route Guides & Tourism Content (click for more details) 💼 Consult on 'AV-Ready' Business Location Strategy (click for more details) 🔧 Develop Accessibility Add-Ons for Robotaxi Passengers (click for more details) 📊 Launch an AV Market Intelligence Newsletter (click for more details) 🛠️ Follow-Up Actions (click for more details)

Quick Hits

Want to… | Do this
Ride a robotaxi today | Download the Waymo One app in any of their 10 cities
Make money from the AV wave | Start with fleet cleaning — lowest barrier, highest demand
Build content around it | Film your first Waymo ride, post it everywhere, iterate
Track the expansion | Follow Waymo’s blog + city permit databases for new markets
Understand the economics | Read Benedict Evans’ “Autonomy Economics” essays — best breakdown out there

Half a million ghost rides a week, zero drivers, and the only thing between Waymo and world domination is a car factory. Sleep well, Uber.

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