Waymo在2024年第二季度的游说支出超过100万美元，较上年同期增长超过一倍1。这笔支出接近Uber的游说规模，远超Amazon旗下的Zoox和Tesla等竞争对手1。
Waymo加大游说力度的目标是说服美国监管机构为完全自动驾驶出租车服务开放道路1。在机器人出租车的商业化路线上，Waymo与Uber存在明显分歧：Waymo主张快速推进完全无人驾驶商业服务，而Uber则主张采取分阶段推出的策略，让机器人出租车与人类驾驶员并行运营1。
Waymo has significantly ramped up its regulatory advocacy efforts, spending more than $1 million on lobbying during the second quarter of 2024, more than double its spending from the same period the previous year 1. The autonomous vehicle company's lobbying expenditures now approach those of Uber, substantially outpacing other competitors in the space such as Amazon's Zoox division and Tesla 1.
The increased spending reflects intensifying competition over the future of autonomous taxi services. Waymo is pushing for rapid deployment of fully driverless commercial operations, while Uber advocates for a phased rollout that would run robot taxis alongside human-driven vehicles 1. The two companies' divergent visions on how quickly and comprehensively autonomous services should be introduced have created distinct lobbying agendas aimed at persuading U.S. federal regulators to adopt their preferred regulatory frameworks 1.
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