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der Standard DEFor the first time, a study compares the prices of the different services. Uber and Lyft are cheaper, but more than a quarter of all trips in San Francisco are already done with Waymo
A Waymo Costs More, But People Love It - CleanTechnica
While Uber, Lyft, and Waymo have been major brands for app-based taxi service for years, we actually don’t get a lot of broad information or insight on pricing, thanks to flexible demand-based, location-based pricing that is constantly changing. However, an app named Obi that aggregates real-time pricing from different ride-hailing ... [continued] The post A Waymo Costs More, But People Love It appeared first on CleanTechnica.
While the race for autonomy is intensifying, the data show that Waymo, Google's service, costs more than Uber and Lyft. Waymo's average price for comparable routes was $6 higher than Lyft and $5 higher than Uber's (41% and 31% more, respectively), according to the report. The question is whether Waymo can grow without additional subsidies and whether there is room for more than one independent vehicle company on the same basis.
On 12 June 2025, Obi, a company specializing in the comparison of transport services, published a study on the rates of autonomous taxis in the city of San Francisco. The survey highlights an unanticipated reality: the races proposed by Waymo, one of the major players in the sector, are found to be significantly more expensive than those of Uber or Lyft, despite the absence of a driver. Significant tariff differentials in San Francisco Latude ar…
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