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Hackney is a mobile app that compares prices and wait times across Uber, Lyft, Waymo, and other ride-hailing services, allowing users to book directly with the cheapest provider.
EXHOLD is a two-stage framework for real-time hold control in large-scale ride-hailing matching, improving passenger-driver experience and marketplace efficiency. Deployed in DiDi's Brazil market, it uses experience-aware pair assessment and constrained optimization to reduce cancellations and increase trip completion.
Uber is lobbying lawmakers to adopt regulations that would require robotaxi services to operate on hybrid human-robot networks, potentially forcing autonomous vehicle developers like Waymo and Tesla to use Uber's platform instead of their own apps, as seen in a proposed New Jersey bill.
Zoox, Amazon's autonomous vehicle company, has refreshed its purpose-built robotaxi with improvements to seating, interior, and exterior features, moving closer to mass production while awaiting regulatory approval.
ProfiLLM introduces an agentic LLM pipeline that generates utility-aligned user profiles from platform-scale behavioral logs for industrial ride-hailing dispatch, achieving significant improvements in outcome prediction and GMV in production at DiDi.
Waymo introduces a new invite-only membership program called Waymo Premier, offering priority pickups, cash back, and early access to expansions for $29.99 per month.
Waymo announced Waymo Premier, a $29.99/month membership offering priority pickups, cash back, and other perks for frequent riders in select cities.
Waymo plans to offer driverless rides to six North American World Cup venues, aiming to showcase its robotaxi technology to millions of attendees despite recent operational challenges like flooding and highway suspensions.
A study of Waymo's robotaxi operations over nearly 1,000 days found that about 44% of miles are driven empty, similar to ride-hailing services, challenging the promise that autonomous vehicles would reduce traffic.