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Hello and

Hello and

Molly Boygan.

Joining me on the shift podcast this week is Sanjay Aria

Head of Innovation for Index at Morning, and Jonathan Gerkink, senior research analyst for

Mobility Tech and Supply Chain Tech at Pitchbook.

Morningstar and Pitchbook recently released a new set of indexes.

They track venture capital investments.

We'll talk about what VC deals can tell us about the state of the mobility sector

in just a minute.

But in the meantime, P. P. Big Piccolo has been on the road this week and he

joins me now to talk about the latest news from the Robotaxi Front. Hi Pete, thanks for being here.

Thank you, Molly. This is quite the reversal of roles, but great to join you today.

Yes, thanks for handing me the mic. So, um, tell us it's been another interesting week for

robot taxis. What is going on with Weymo in California?

It is an interesting week, Molly.

Weymo has some pretty big expansion ambitions in California.

Recently, one of the state senators in California introduced a bill that could theoretically Kibosh or kind of limit some of their plans and as of Friday, February 9th, the California Senate can start debating that bill.

So I think there's a lot still ahead, but we kind of have these two things on a collision course and who knows when they kind of meet up and we find out where the rubber meets the road.

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