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The market research suggests revenue from robotaxi software could grow more than 1,000-fold over two decades, potentially reaching US $ 136bn by 2046.
However, the same report cautions against excessive optimism.
“ Robotaxis are still in an extremely nascent stage,” the analysis suggests.“ As companies look to scale up to tens of thousands to potentially millions, any small error or delay could prove extremely dangerous.”
It is also important to emphasise that the UK’ s roads will present different challenges to those posed by American roads. Whether Waymo’ s AI technology will successfully acclimatise remains to be seen.
Waymo’ s strategy for international expansion The London launch represents Waymo’ s second international market following initial testing in Tokyo.
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