Waymo and Uber have started driverless taxi rides in Atlanta. Their robotaxis cover a 65-square-mile area in the city. This service uses electric Jaguar cars with Waymo’s technology. You can only get these rides through the Uber app right now.
This expansion makes Atlanta the fifth major city with Waymo robotaxis. The cars run in places like Downtown, Buckhead, and Capitol View. They don’t go on highways or to the airport yet. Waymo plans to add more cars over time.
Waymo already runs robotaxis in Austin, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco. They give about 250,000 rides every week across these cities. The company wants to double its fleet by 2026. More cities like Miami and New York are next.
Uber has given up on making its own self-driving cars. Instead, it works with 18 different robotaxi companies. This includes big names like Waymo and others. Uber says it handles over a million self-driving trips each year through its app.
This move comes right after Tesla started its own robotaxi service in Austin. Elon Musk once said Tesla would beat Waymo in self-driving tech. Now both companies are racing to expand their services. The competition is heating up fast.
Self-driving cars threaten thousands of hardworking American jobs. Drivers who rely on ride-hailing work could lose their livelihoods. This technology puts corporate profits above real people. Families might suffer because of these unchecked tech experiments.
Big companies like Alphabet and Uber push these changes without real oversight. They’re testing this technology on public roads with regular people. Safety should come before Silicon Valley’s rush to dominate the market. American streets aren’t corporate labs.
We must protect workers and communities from being steamrolled by tech giants. Real people drive for a living and deserve protection. Conservative values demand putting Americans first, not replacing them with machines. This robotaxi push shows how out of touch big tech has become.
