Episode 426 | Autonomy Signals: Tesla Launches Robotaxi in Miami, Waymo's July 4th Stumble, Momenta IPOs in Hong Kong
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The episode discusses Tesla's launch of an Unsupervised Robotaxi service in Miami, Waymo's operational issues during July 4th, and Momenta's IPO in Hong Kong.
This week on Autonomy Signals presented by KPMG Grayson Brulte and Rob Grant discuss Tesla’s Unsupervised Robotaxi launch in Miami, Waymo’s July 4th stumble in San Francisco, and Momenta’s oversubscribed IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. On July 5, 2026, Tesla launched Unsupervised Robotaxi service in Miami, its first unsupervised market outside of Texas, with retrofitted Model Ys operating through heavy rain and flooded roadways during the heart of hurricane season. Grayson was on the ground for launch day , riding through South Florida’s mini lakes without a single hesitation from the vehicle, and uncovered a Cybercab staging lot near Miami International Airport with dozens of vehicles ready to deploy. The Miami launch is a deliberate stress test of Tesla’s camera-only system against the exact adverse weather conditions currently under NHTSA engineering analysis, and the receipts reveal a premium pricing experiment running 3X to 4X the base fare of Tesla’s Texas markets. Then there is Waymo , whose vehicles bricked across San Francisco on the 4th of July as fireworks, road closures, dense crowds, and connectivity failures overwhelmed the fleet. Vehicles idled until their…
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