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Nevada just approved 7,000 robotaxis for one county

Aug 25, 2026

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5 min read

Nevada just approved 7,000 robotaxis for one county

Tesla's own engineer says it can't build them. Plus - the only independent safety data we have ends in 2024

J.D. Alexander
J.D. Alexander
The company that runs Waymo's depots is now worth $2.1 billion

Aug 19, 2026

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6 min read

The company that runs Waymo's depots is now worth $2.1 billion

Moove took Las Vegas. Plus - Waymo bought the curb at Allegiant Stadium, and Nashville can't regulate robotaxis at all

J.D. Alexander
J.D. Alexander
Zoox started charging yesterday. Now every wasted minute comes out of its own margin

Aug 11, 2026

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5 min read

Zoox started charging yesterday. Now every wasted minute comes out of its own margin

Plus - A 911 dispatcher on hold for 53 minutes, and three DC depots for a market that's still illegal

J.D. Alexander
J.D. Alexander
Zoox got approved. Its factory can build four times what the law allows

Aug 4, 2026

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6 min read

Zoox got approved. Its factory can build four times what the law allows

Plus - institutional capital named the depot an asset class, and rental cars get repriced

J.D. Alexander
J.D. Alexander
Tesla beat Waymo to Tampa's riders

Jul 28, 2026

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Tesla beat Waymo to Tampa's riders

Three cities are specifying an entire infrastructure stack, and the buyer hasn't been named. Plus - NHTSA's deadline hits Friday

J.D. Alexander
J.D. Alexander
Waymo is building the Marriott of mobility

Jul 21, 2026

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5 min read

Waymo is building the Marriott of mobility

The full thesis - plus Tesla's buildout in the permit record, and the 70 people behind 4,000 Waymos

J.D. Alexander
J.D. Alexander
Waymo added four cities. NHTSA gave everyone three weeks. Same day

Jul 14, 2026

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5 min read

Waymo added four cities. NHTSA gave everyone three weeks. Same day

One Wednesday moved the whole stack. Plus - the recovery radius, a metric worth naming

J.D. Alexander
J.D. Alexander
Why grid capacity is the constraint nobody is pricing into AV economics

May 19, 2026

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3 min read

Why grid capacity is the constraint nobody is pricing into AV economics

A 5-15 MW depot needs 18-36 months of utility interconnection. The Tesla rollback last month was the first public signal that the calendar is starting to bite.

J.D. Alexander
J.D. Alexander
Waymo hits 500K rides/week — and they don't maintain a single vehicle themselves

Apr 7, 2026

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3 min read

Waymo hits 500K rides/week — and they don't maintain a single vehicle themselves

Plus: the 4-city expansion nobody's talking about, and what it means for technician jobs.

J.D. Alexander
J.D. Alexander

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