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100,000 robotaxi rides from the company you've never heard of
Waymo and Tesla get the headlines. But Avride has quietly completed more than 100,000 commercial autonomous rides through Uber in Dallas, driven over 2 million autonomous miles, and built a fleet of more than 200 vehicles.
So why haven't you heard more about it?
In this episode of NEXT with John Koetsier, I talk with Avride chief commercial officer Sergei Kirillov about what it takes to build a robotaxi business, why the economics don't work until safety drivers disappear, and how autonomous transportation could reshape a trillion-dollar mobility market.
We discuss:
- 100,000+ commercial…
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