UBER AND WAYMO ARE SPARRING. THE ROBOTAXI FUTURE HAS ARRIVED

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Waymo and Uber are nominally partners. However, these days, the two companies are trading thinly veiled jabs in a gathering lobbying battle. An Uber representative highlighted at a public hearing this week how the company's drivers spend their earnings and pay taxes locally, while robotaxi profits flow to unnamed companies based elsewhere. A Waymo representative conceded that robotaxis would mean job losses, but noted that rideshare companies control drivers' earnings and are taking a significant chunk for themselves.