Recently, I went through the data and found that Waymo has been quite strong in the ride-hailing market in several cities in the United States over the past few years. From 2023 until now, it has been competing with the two giants, Lyft and Uber, and its market share has been rising.

To be honest, after looking at this trend, I feel that autonomous driving may no longer be a distant science fiction. The maturity of the technology is evident, and user acceptance is also on the rise. In a few years, driverless cars might just become the norm on the streets.

However, that being said, if this wave of technological revolution really arrives, the impact on the traditional transportation industry will definitely be significant. What will happen to drivers? How will regulation keep up? These are all questions. But that's how the market works; new things will always push out the old ones, and survival of the fittest.