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[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are you sure? I see Waymo driving around picking and dropping people off. I would imagine that charging more for the novelty and not having to pay the driver would actually generate a lot of profit.

[–] mabeledo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

They run for Uber and don’t charge extra. Regardless, they aren’t profitable, and last year they lost $5 billion, see https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2026/02/waymo-losses-about-5-billion.html