shares a Tesla rallying today as the incoming Trump administration reportedly looks to set up a federal regulatory framework that could ease rules around self-driving cars.

It's not the only name seen in boost today.

Deirdre Bose has got more on that in today's tech check.

Interesting headlines today, Dee.

It certainly is Carl.

So key for investors to keep in mind is that Tesla's biggest barrier to deploying

Robotaxi, it isn't regulatory, but rather it's its own FSD technology that is still far

from fully autonomous and still requires driver supervision. Musk, remember, has missed his own

self-imposed deadlines, time and time again. So it is worth looking at some of the other

public names in the AV space like Mobile Eye, Aurora, Wii Ride. That's a Chinese self-driving

startup that went public on the NASDAQ last month. They're all surging today as well. But the current

far and away and maybe unappreciated or underappreciated leader remains Alphabet subsidiary Waymo.

It, not Tesla, would likely be the biggest beneficiary from a federal framework if that were to happen.

Now, through June of this year, let me remind you, Waymo clocked 25 million rider-only miles.

Today, it's completing more than 150,000 paid rides per week.

It also just raised $5.6 billion.

It opened to the public in L.A.

And it will be available in Austin and Atlanta early next year.

Simply put, Waymo is the one setting the standard for the Robotoxy industry,

while Tesla AV developments, they're still in its very early stages.

And Waymo's real world driving data and experience, that would give it an advantage in meeting federal rules, especially

compared to newer or less experienced competitors. Now, that is all if Trump policymakers could

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