--- title: TechCrunch Mobility: The battle over robotaxi rules description: Uber and Waymo are clashing over proposed autonomous vehicle legislation in Washington D.C., with Uber lobbying against a bill that would give Waymo a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/techcrunch-mobility-the-battle-over-robotaxi-rules-vw7mzhuad twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: TechCrunch Mobility: The battle over robotaxi rules | daily.dev og:description: Uber and Waymo are clashing over proposed autonomous vehicle legislation in Washington D.C., with Uber lobbying against a bill that would give Waymo a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/techcrunch-mobility-the-battle-over-robotaxi-rules-vw7mzhuad og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vw7mzHUaD.png og:image:alt: TechCrunch Mobility: The battle over robotaxi rules og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # TechCrunch Mobility: The battle over robotaxi rules **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Uber and Waymo are clashing over proposed autonomous vehicle legislation in Washington D.C., with Uber lobbying against a bill that would give Waymo a significant head start due to its existing testing mileage. Uber argues the bill would displace human drivers and create a Waymo monopoly, pushing instead for a hybrid model requiring robotaxis to operate alongside human drivers on ride-hailing networks. The newsletter also covers Uber's $14.8B acquisition of Delivery Hero, Tesla's policy objections to D.C.'s AV bill, San Francisco's push for tougher robotaxi rules after a July 4 traffic incident involving Waymo vehicles, and a Zoox software recall after a robotaxi was confused by smoke. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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