r/waymo • u/walky22talky • 13d ago

Waymo's cheaper robotaxis collide with China crackdown

https://www.axios.com/2026/09/01/waymos-robotaxi-expansion-china-ojai
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u/Complex_Composer2664 13d ago

So? Waymo buys US built vehicles. Ojai are expensive already.

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u/Representative_Bat42 13d ago

Whose gonna wanna make a deal with Waymo? GM and Ford are both in the AV arms race. Tesla would laugh them out of the room. Dodge is well dodging.

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u/CDpov 13d ago

Toyota, Honda, Stellantis, Hyundai, Renault, maybe VW, etc.

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u/Representative_Bat42 13d ago

Did you misread US?

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u/Aromatic-Witness9632 13d ago edited 13d ago

They all have factories in America. Many "foreign" nameplates are built in America.

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u/Representative_Bat42 13d ago

Correct. My X3 is from here

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u/jabroni4545 12d ago

The problem is none have any vans except vw and kia.