Last week I attended a webinar on robo taxis and safety. I asked the Waymo representative
how Waymo expects to make money from the Jaguar iPace turned robo taxi when the average
cab ride consists of carrying 1.3 passenger....
A deafening silence. My question was completely ignored.
Sounds like the question wasn't the focus of the webinar.
For sure Waymo needs to simplify the design and reduce over all costs. They have been arguably slow and steady with their roll out. There might be a few obvious paths like licensing the technology, cherry picking regions and more profitable rides for themselves, taking marketshare from mass transit/uber/lyft, and building a fleet of vehicles with different/higher passenger capacities.