Autonomous ride costs will drop 10x vs today

Autonomous ride costs will drop 10x vs today | the cost of that ride should go down, you know, at least 10x cuz the car's coming down 10x and the and the driver is more than the car anyway

Watch events: Waymo 1M rides/wk (end-2026); Tesla Robotaxi scaling; NHTSA AV rules

the cost of that ride should go down, you know, at least 10x cuz the car's coming down 10x and the and the driver is more than the car anyway

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  "context": "the cost of that ride should go down, you know, at least 10x",
  "verbatim": "the cost of that ride should go down, you know, at least 10x cuz the car's coming down 10x and the and the driver is more than the car anyway",
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      "label": "Waymo charges $19.69/ride avg, $2-3/mile (Q1 2026 baseline)",
      "notes": "Baseline established. 10x reduction = ~$0.20-0.30/mile by 2030 horizon.",
      "source": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/the-price-gap-between-waymo-and-uber-is-narrowing/",
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      "source": "Goldman Sachs forecast: AV cost-per-mile sub-$1 by 2030s; tracked via app pricing audits",
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      "source": "Yole Developpement AV sensor reports, IDTechEx LiDAR annual",
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      "label": "Retail robotaxi rides priced 40%+ cheaper than Uber/Lyft basel
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