CES 2026 Shows Robotaxis Ready to Replace Drivers, Politely Ignore Uber Drivers
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- ā¢At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Amazon's Zoox presented live robotaxi rides, featuring bi-directional cars without steering wheels.
- ā¢Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed the Alpamayo autonomous driving stack to help manufacturers manage difficult driving scenarios.
- ā¢Uber, Lucid, and Nuro hosted a lavish cocktail hour while announcing plans to launch robotaxi services in San Francisco by late 2026.
At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, the future took a ride without a steering wheel when Amazon-backed Zoox debuted robotaxis that are basically theme park rides on wheelsābi-directional with no front or back, causing Uber drivers much existential panic. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang blesses OEMs with the Alpamayo autonomous stack to tackle those pesky 'long tail' edge cases, because who needs human intuition when you have mountains of code? Meanwhile, Uber, Lucid, and Nuro threw a glitzy cocktail party at Fontainebleau Las Vegas, lavishing investors with unlimited wine, lobster tails, shrimp, and charcuterie, while vowing to unleash robotaxis in San Francisco by late 2026 to battle their old buddy Waymo. Zoological levels of hype and tech chaos, all under the neon lights.
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Robotaxis at CES 2026 look less like cars and more like your Uber driverās existential nightmareāno wheel, no front, just confusion and endless appetizers.
Who knew the futureās biggest threat to Uber drivers wasnāt another ride-share app, but an Amazon-sponsored bi-directional car with no steering wheel?
CES 2026 robotaxis: because why drive in one direction when you can panic your Uber guy by zooming both ways like a confused Transformer?
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 1/6/2026 | Author: Lloyd Lee
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