The Driverless Download: v2026.29

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The Driverless Download: v2026.29

Global Research

24 July 2026ab

The Driverless Download Equities

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Automobiles

Joseph Spak, CFA

Waymo advances to autonomous testing in Charlotte. The company has Analyst

completed its initial mapping of city streets and is now operating self-driving vehicles joseph.spak@ubs.com

with Waymo employees behind the wheel as part of the next phase of testing. Future +1-212-713 3089

testing is expected to include fully autonomous employee rides before any public Robert Saltzman

launch, though Waymo has not provided a timeline for commercial service in Charlotte Analyst

(Source). robert.saltzman@ubs.com

+1-212-713 2992

Tesla News: Alejandro Nuno

2Q26 earnings robotaxi commentary. Ambitious goals but need to be cautious Associate Analyst

on roll-outs and scale up given safety concerns. That said, Tesla sees 10% growth alejandro.nuno@ubs.com

in number of unsupervised miles that the fleet drives per week for balance of the +1-212-713 3886

year. We estimate that could mean cumulative unsupervised miles at year end Gabriel Gonzales, CFA

could be 3.2mm from 380k current (and exit at a 15.6mm annualized pace or 4bps Associate Analyst

of US VMT). FSD V15 running on Robotaxis. Autonomous semi not current focus gabriel.gonzales@ubs.com

but maybe in 6+ months (see our full note here). +1-212-713 4866

Patrick Hummel, CFA

Expands robotaxi service to Orlando and Tampa. The launch adds two new

Analyst

Florida markets to Tesla’s autonomous ride-hailing network, which already patrick.hummel@ubs.com

operates in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and Miami (Source). +41-44-239 52 54

Unveils detailed robotaxi crash narratives in NHTSA filings. The company Paul Gong

has released previously redacted narratives associated with its autonomous-driving Analyst