Uber lost the self-driving race. Now it wants to write the rules

Uber, having fallen behind in developing fully autonomous vehicles, is now lobbying in Washington DC and New Jersey to implement regulations requiring robotaxi services to operate alongside human drivers on a shared platform. This approach, termed a "hybrid network," would effectively position Uber as a gatekeeper for robotaxi services, a move criticized by competitors like Waymo and some policy experts as an attempt at regulatory control. Uber's product chief acknowledges the company is not vy­