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Tesla robotaxi seen closing in on Waymo if weekly miles rise 20 percent

Tesla\'s robotaxi autonomous driving mileage may have moved ahead of Waymo\'s in Austin, Texas, an analysis showed. It said that if Tesla sustains its recent 20 percent weekly growth rate, it could overtake Waymo\'s weekly mileage across the United States in about 11 weeks. The analysis also projected Tesla could surpass half the combined weekly paid passenger miles of Uber and Lyft in three Texas metros by mid-February.

Industry

Amazon to directly build 12 small nuclear reactors in U.S. Indiana to secure power for AI

Amazon will fund development of a 960-megawatt small modular reactor power plant planned in Indiana and will be the first buyer of the electricity it produces, as it seeks stable power for AI data centres. The project will be built at a closed coal plant site south of Terre Haute, with American Electric Power operating the plant and X-energy supplying 12 Xe-100 reactors. Progress hinges on X-energy’s first commercial project in Texas.

Mobility

Uber wait times rise in some U.S. cities as prices jump, analysis finds

An analysis found that in some U.S. cities, Uber users are waiting longer for cars while paying sharply higher fares. Len Sherman, an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, analysed 37,500 completed trips across six cities and said the time from driver matching to vehicle arrival in the first quarter of 2026 rose an average 19 percent from the first quarter of 2023. Average per-mile fares paid by passengers rose 53 percent over the same period.