Ep #12 | The Rideshare Guy Got in a Waymo and Everything Changed

Harry Campbell has spent over a decade as the most trusted voice for Uber and Lyft drivers. Millions of drivers read The Rideshare Guy every month. Then he got into a Waymo in Los Angeles and thought: dude, this is awesome. That single ride sparked the Driverless Digest newsletter, the Curbivore conference, and the Urban Autonomy Summit. 00:00 Introduction 04:00 Harry's background: from Boeing aerospace engineer to The Rideshare Guy 12:00 The Waymo ride that changed everything 18:00 What rideshare drivers actually think about AVs 24:00 The 3 to 5 percent earnings decline in AV cities: the real data 30:00 Ben's UberEats and FSD experiment 36:00 When a passenger realizes the driver is not driving 40:00 Urban Autonomy Summit Austin October 14th Waymo is doing 500,000 rides per week globally. New York City alone does 700,000 Uber and Lyft trips every single day. The transition is real. It is just earlier than the headlines suggest. 🏁 goautolane.com | thedriverlessdigest.com 📧 Subscribe to the Autonomous Commerce Brief: goautolane.com/newsletter-signup 🎙️ Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4Nbu8QgXVB2SNLz68AVGK4 #Waymo #Uber #Tesla #TeslaFSD #RideshareDriver #AutonomousVehicles #Robotaxi #AutonomousCommerce #LastMile #Autolane