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The news media has expended considerable effort researching and publishing information about the robotaxi business. This channel highlights some of the important articles.

KXAN Austin – US traffic safety agency says Tesla responded to letter concerning its robotaxis

KXAN Austin reports on how the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has stated that Tesla has answered their questions on how they plan on offering robotaxi service safely. But Tesla won't allow the answers to be released to the public even though they will be using public roads.

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electrek – Zoox opens new production facility where its purpose-built robotaxis will be built 

electrek reports that Zoox has created a dedicated factory in Hayward California for manufacturing their custom vehicles. Not only are they trying to develop self driving, but they are doing their own manufacturing, which will be incredibly cost inefficient.

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Business Insider – A study shows Waymo is more expensive than Uber and Lyft, but some people are willing to eat the extra costs

Business Insider reports that Waymo robotaxis are actually more expensive to use than Uber or Lyft. This does not bode well for the future of robotaxis as a profitable business venture, once the novelty wears off.

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