Uber & Lyft's Robotaxi Gang: Humans Need Not Apply… Yet
In a jaw-dropping team-up, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Lyft CEO David Risher confessed on their Q3 earnings calls that robotaxis are the new cool kids on the block, with shiny alliances hooking them up to Waymo, Stellantis (5,000 rides not included), Lucid, and Nuro (an ambitious 20,000 robotaxis cruising in 6 years). But don't pack up your driver apps yet: both admit human drivers—9.4 million of them worldwide—are still crucial because robots ain’t satisfying demand anytime soon. Lyft’s Erin Brewer casually mentioned a $10–15 million depot for robotaxi babysitting, because even metal chauffeurs need a garage mom. Profits? Still hiding under the hood.
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Uber and Lyft want robot taxis, but with 9.4 million humans driving now, they're basically saying, 'We need your cars, your sweat, and your patience while our robots learn to drive without full rage mode.'
Lyft and Uber throwing billions at robotaxis because why pay humans when you can have slightly confused robots wandering the streets for years?
Pro tip from Uber and Lyft CEOs: Humans still needed to run this whole robot taxi experiment because AI traffic jams have better social lives than your average driver.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 11/10/2025 | Author: Lloyd Lee
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