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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 18h

The venue was pretty iconic on the Santa Monica Pier and of course there was great weather, conversations, and awesome connecting with everyone in person. Until next year! 🚀

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 18h

Had a great time hanging with the Chip team at my first Hawkefest! Big thanks and congrats to Erik Huberman and the Hawke Media team for putting together such a solid event.

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 21h

Uber’s 25,000-Robotaxi Commitment to Waabi | Raquel Urtasun, Founder and CEO of Waabi

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 21h

Can this self-driving “Toaster on wheels” charm San-Francisco. Great piece by @emmymrtin.bsky.social on @nytimes.com. Read the full article here 👉 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/t...

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

From Years of Truck Porting to Zero Days | Raquel Urtasun, Founder and CEO of Waabi

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“For drones to reach the mass market, they need to do both: feel materially faster and cost no more than delivery today,” Eduardo writes. Read the full piece here 👉 www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/drone-deli...

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Drone Delivery Is Finally Starting To Scale. Who Is Best Positioned To Win?

Join us Wednesday, October 14, for the Austin edition of our Urban Autonomy Summit, presented by Nexar.

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

He also explains why launching from Walmart stores is easier than serving thousands of restaurants, how DoorDash could use DashMart to work out the kinks, and why faster delivery could get people ordering things they’d otherwise skip.

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Eduardo ranks Wing first today thanks to its Walmart partnership, but sees Amazon taking the lead by 2030 because it controls the whole delivery process. His benchmark: roughly $4 or less per delivery and 20 minutes or less from order to door.

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🚁📦 New piece: Drone delivery is starting to scale. Who’s best positioned to win? In our latest guest article, Eduardo Rojas, a former founding member of Uber’s Autonomous Mobility & Delivery team, looks at what it will take for drone delivery to go mainstream.

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Waymo Robotaxis now offer driverless rides on Austin-area freeways. Great coverage by Alex Driggars on @statesman.com. Read the full article here 👉 www.statesman.com/business/tec...

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

From Autonomous Trucks to Humanoid Robots | Raquel Urtasun, Founder and CEO of Waabi

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Why Door-to-Door Autonomous Trucking Could Change Freight | Raquel Urtasun, Founder and CEO of Waabi

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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From Trucks to Robotaxis: Waabi’s One Driver with CEO Raquel Urtasun

Waabi CEO Raquel Urtasun joins Harry to discuss the path to driverless trucking, how the Waabi Driver transfers between vehicles, and the company’s move into robotaxis

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“The same technology will drive robot taxis and trucks, the same as a human does,” Raquel told The Driverless Digest.

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We also discuss Waabi’s partnership with Volvo Autonomous Solutions, how the Waabi Driver transferred between truck platforms without retraining, and its partnership with Uber to deploy robotaxis.

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Raquel explains why she left Uber to build Waabi, the three pillars she sees as essential to commercial scale, and what needs to happen before Waabi’s trucks can operate without a driver.

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨🎙️ New Podcast Episode: We spoke with Raquel Urtasun, Founder and CEO of Waabi, about its path to driverless trucking and its plans to bring the Waabi Driver to robotaxis.

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Startup Superpower: Focus | Dave Ferguson, Co-Founder & Co-CEO ‪Nuro

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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The Driverless Digest Podcast

Technology Podcast · Covering the intersection of autonomy x rideshare, and the business of AVs. www.thedriverlessdigest.com

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“We went from years to zero days” Our next podcast guest will be Raquel Urtasun, Founder & CEO at Waabi. We discussed how fast the Waabi driver transfers between different vehicle platforms, along with many other insightful topics 🤖🚗

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The vehicles currently operate with onboard human operators. 🚍🎁 Waymo Launches Transit Rewards Program in the Bay Area. Riders who use a Waymo vehicle and public transit within two hours can receive $2.85 in Waymo Cash when they pay with a linked Visa card. 🧵 (4/5)

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🚐🤖 MOIA America Welcomes Its First Riders in Autonomous ID. Buzz Vehicles. MOIA America and Beep have begun passenger operations in Orlando’s Lake Nona community, with invited riders able to book trips through the Beep app across three planned routes. 🧵 (3/5)

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The partnership will integrate Wayve’s AI Driver into future Mercedes-Benz vehicles, with the first vehicles expected to launch within the next two years. Mercedes-Benz also invested in Wayve earlier this year. 🧵 (2/5)

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The top picks from this week's edition of The Driverless Digest newsletter covering all things autonomous mobility are: 🤝📃 Top story: Mercedes-Benz Partners with Wayve to Bring AI Driver to Future Vehicles. 🧵 (1/5)

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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The Robotaxi Curb Dilemma: Park, Cruise or Return to the Depot?

Podcast Episode · The Driverless Digest Podcast · September 23 · 31m

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“If you don’t allow them to use the curb, what the software we use does is just gives them short ‘fake’ trips to take throughout the network” Michael told The Driverless Digest. Read the full interview here 👉 www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/the-robota...

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The Robotaxi Curb Dilemma: Park, Cruise or Return to the Depot?

Thanks to Jonah Bliss for originally covering this on The Curbivore - Let Them Linger?

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

He also discusses whether sending robotaxis back to depots actually solves the problem, how buses compare, and why he thinks cities should consider charging all vehicles for using valuable curb space, rather than singling out robotaxis.

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The study found that banning curb staging increased vehicle miles traveled by 60%, while robotaxis were still 8–10x more productive than personal vehicles in their use of curb space.

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🏙️🚕 New piece: What happens when robotaxis can’t use the curb? This week, TDD Editor @hubbardben.bsky.social spoke with Michael Hyland, Associate Professor at UC Irvine, about a new study examining the impact of restricting robotaxi curb access in San Francisco.

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We Tested in Japan — and It Just Worked | Dave Ferguson, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Nuro

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Why AV Vets Need Group Therapy | Dave Ferguson, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Nuro

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You can listen/watch the podcast here: Substack - www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/the-road-t... Apple Podcasts - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify - open.spotify.com/episode/7udv... Youtube - youtu.be/db9EUdSW6Co

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The Road to Driverless Robotaxis with Nuro Co-CEO Dave Ferguson

Nuro Co-Founder and Co-CEO Dave Ferguson joins Harry to discuss a decade of autonomy, the Nuro–Lucid–Uber robotaxi, and why AV companies may be moving toward specialization

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“We were adamant that we wanted to build a company where the very best people in the world could come do the very best work of their career” Dave told The Driverless Digest.

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We also discuss the hardware stack powering the Nuro–Lucid–Uber robotaxi, how AV companies can differentiate as hardware becomes cheaper, and what comes next for Nuro.

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Dave explains what makes Nuro’s approach to autonomy unique, how the Nuro Driver generalizes across vehicle platforms, and how the software and hardware sides of AV development compare.

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🚨🎙️ New Podcast Episode: This week we spoke with Dave Ferguson, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Nuro, about Nuro’s first decade and its partnership with Lucid and Uber to deploy driverless robotaxis.

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

How Uber, Lucid & Nuro Fit Into Autonomous Vehicles | Dave Ferguson, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Nuro

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Thank you Satwick Sharma for the 5 star review - Appreciate all the support on The Driverless Digest podcast lately. Massive thanks to everyone for tuning in every week. 🙏 Check out the latest episodes here 👉 www.thedriverlessdigest.com/podcast

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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The Driverless Digest Podcast

Technology Podcast · Covering the intersection of autonomy x rideshare, and the business of AVs. www.thedriverlessdigest.com

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The Driverless Digest @driverlessdigest.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“There is an enormous scale opportunity even beyond those 35,000 vehicles that are committed, when we get this right” Our next podcast guest will be Dave Ferguson, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Nuro. We discussed their partnership with Uber and Lucid, along with many other insightful topics 🤖🚗

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