The App Store's travel category ranking shifted this week as Tesla's ride-hailing software overtook established competitors like Lyft and Waymo. This popularity spike coincides with the deployment of steering-wheel-free Cybercab vehicles in Austin, Texas. Tesla's autonomous fleet traveled 1 million unsupervised miles with no human safety rider, adding 620,000 miles in six weeks over the 380,000 reported on July 22.
Autopilot and AI Vice President Ashok Elluswamy detailed these metrics at a Cybercab event to highlight the scale of the "nobody in the loop" software. Waymo, a primary rival, reported 200 million total miles last week and hit the 1 million mile threshold in 2023. Uber is currently coordinating with taxi drivers to slow the general rollout of such autonomous services.
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- SUPPORT@cb_doge“Tesla Robotaxi is now the #1 Travel app on the App Store, beating Uber, Lyft and Waymo”x.com
- SUPPORT@tesla_optimus_k“Waymo said last week it has done 200 million miles”x.com
- SUPPORT@kalshi“Uber is joining forces with taxi drivers to "slow down" rollout of robotaxis”x.com
- SOURCE@mikebutcher“The event was attended by executives, several journalists and many social media influencers/creators”x.com
- SUPPORT@cbsnews“AI technology is powering the robotaxis in London's iconic Westminster”x.com
- SUPPORT@pathfounders“the rides will still have a safety driver on board initially”x.com
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