The robotaxi industry's New York dreams just got pushed further away

Waymo's NY robotaxi plan falls through after Gov. Hochul drops proposal to legalize unsupervised robotaxis.

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• Waymo's New York robotaxi dreams are on hold as Gov. Kathy Hochul drops an uncrewed robotaxi proposal.
• The proposal would have allowed robotaxis to run outside NYC, with local government approval.
• The blow came days after Waymo raised $16 billion to fund plans to expand to 20 more cities.

The autonomous vehicle industry just faced a setback in New York.