Robotaxis don't need Uber, and Waymo just proved it by pulling its robotaxis off Uber in Phoenix. So why is Uber still betting billions on self-driving cars, with 30+ autonomous vehicle partners? Here's whether Uber has a future in the robotaxi era.

In this 8-minute stick-figure explainer, we break down how robotaxis from Waymo, Tesla and China's Baidu, Pony.ai and WeRide are changing ride-hailing. We cover why Uber owns almost no cars, how Uber's first self-driving program ended, and why Waymo is walking away from Uber. Then we get into the empty-car problem that makes robotaxi economics so hard, and Uber's partner-with-everyone strategy with Lucid, Nuro, Rivian, Nvidia, WeRide, Wayve, Zoox and Pony.ai. Finally, the six risks that could still sink Uber, and the one question that decides its future.

📊 KEY NUMBERS IN THIS VIDEO
Waymo: 500,000 paid rides a week, valued at $126B
Uber: 40M+ trips a day, $58B in bookings in one quarter
Robotaxis: under 0.5% of Uber trips today
Uber's robotaxi bets: Lucid (35,000+ vehicles ordered), Rivian (up to $1.25B), Nvidia (28 cities by 2028)


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