SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Human rideshare drivers who work for Uber are being outworked by their robotic competitors. At least, that's the word from Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.

Uber recently began offering rides in Waymo autonomous taxis in Atlanta and Austin.

According to Khosrowshahi, the robotaxis are doing more trips than the human drivers.

"In both cases, the average Waymo is busier than 99% of our drivers in terms of completed trips per day," the CEO said during Uber's earnings call on Wednesday.

While that may be good news for self-driving cars operating within the Uber app network, it could spell bad news for human rideshare drivers. Uber has been investing heavily into AVs, recently putting $300 million into autonomous vehicle maker Lucid as part of a deal that will see the ride

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