Waymo Hitches Ride on Uber, Lyft, and Chandler Microbus Dreams
Waymo, Alphabet's self-driving baby, is begging people to climb into its robotaxis by buddying up with ride giants Uber and Lyft, including a shiny debut in Nashville in 2025. Meanwhile, their Phoenix-area fleet has crash-landed into Chandler Flex, a microtransit pilot project powered by Spain-sounding 'Via'āa company that recently went public, presumably celebrating with a very āUber-liteā party. Chandler Flex got a whopping 120,000 rides in three years; Waymo's robot army serves 250,000 per week but still experiments in existential marketing, courtesy of Brad Templeton's nostalgic wisdom on pricing and partnerships. Alphabet's domination is so colossal it dwarfs Lyft/Uber market caps 14 times over. Meanwhile, Waymo dreams of snatching transit money by replacing bus drivers with silent robot overlords that nobody asked forāproof we're all terrible drivers on this highway of progress.
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Waymo can't decide if it's an independent robotaxi king or Uberās sidekick. Meanwhile, microtransitās just fancy talk for ālet's cram people into smaller driverless buses and hope for the best.ā Progress tastes like ride-sharing salad with Alphabet dressing.
Waymoās new tactic: hang out with Uber and Lyft to fill empty robot cars. It's like someone trying to find friends by crashing parties and awkwardly talking about AI.
Want autonomous rides? Waymo's got a bot armada in Phoenix, but they're hitchhiking on Uber and Lyft apps. Even driverless cars feel lonely without a social life.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 9/18/2025 | Author: Lloyd Lee
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