I tested Tesla and Waymo's robotaxis in Austin. Only one felt ready for the future.

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Waymo (left) and Tesla's robotaxi service are going up against each other in Austin.

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My Tesla FSD diary: 5 months of curiosity, amazement, shock, and embarrassment

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Alistair Barr, author of Business Insider's Tech Memo newsletter, stands beside his Tesla Model 3 Performance.

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The winner of the robotaxi race will come down to a few players. Here's why.

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Waymo is one of the frontrunners of robtoaxi race, offering the public more than 100,000 rides, according to the company.

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Waymo Drops Waitlist, Opens Robotaxis to Anyone in Los Angeles

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A Waymo on the streets of LA.

Wayve's CEO talks teaching self-driving cars to handle US roads

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Wayve vehicles being tested in California.
Wayve announced in October that it would begin testing its driver-assist technology in California.

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi calls Elon Musk's vision for Tesla robotaxis 'pretty compelling'

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi discussed the future of autonomous vehicles on the Hard Fork podcast.

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A former Twitter engineer got a Waymo robot taxi to give her a 6.5-hour ride around San Francisco. Here's what happened.

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Sophia Tung, 28, traveled 83 miles for 6.5 hours in San Francisco in one of Waymo's autonomous taxis.

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The 'godfather' of driverless cars says Tesla has a major advantage in the self-driving race

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Anthony Levandowski, a self-driving car engineer who cofounded Pronto and Google's Waymo

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Uber CEO says competing with Elon Musk is 'no easy matter' — and would love to partner with Tesla on robotaxis

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Tesla unveiled its robotaxi in California on October 10, 2024.

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Ex-Waymo CEO is not impressed by Tesla's Robotaxi

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An image of Tesla's upcoming Robotaxi.
Tesla showed prototypes of its Cybercab on Thursday.

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