Edwin Olson explores May Mobility’s budding rivalry with Waymo robotaxis (Episode 292)

Shift: A podcast about mobility
16/03/2025 47 min
Edwin Olson explores May Mobility’s budding rivalry with Waymo robotaxis (Episode 292)

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Following a driverless ride around Ann Arbor, Mich., Edwin Olson, the CEO and co-founder of Toyota-backed May Mobility, sits down for a discussion on the company’s plans for new deployments and the company’s work with Lyft.Further, Olson explains how May Mobility’s business model differs from those of its competitors, who actually owns self-driving vehicles, and how the startup quietly emerged as one of the few remaining alternates to robotaxi front-runner Waymo.

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