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Gadgets · by Priya Nair · 2026-10-29

Waymo's next robotaxi is a purpose-built Toyota bZ4X

theverge.com

Moving from retrofitted Jaguars to a mass-market Toyota platform could bring the per-vehicle cost way down. Is cheaper hardware the real unlock for robotaxis scaling beyond a handful of cities?

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Mariam Al Mansoori · 12 likes

rode one in Phoenix last month, more polite than most human drivers there lol

Cedar Sparrow · 9 likes

the sensor suite is still the expensive part, but Toyota manufacturing scale is a big deal