Mamdani, Tesla robotaxis

🗳️ How did the city with one of the biggest shifts to the right in the 2024 presidential election just vote for a socialist?

This week the pod breaks down Zohran’s rise from 1% in the polls to winning the Democratic nomination for NYC mayor. They discuss how Zohran was able to create a memorable brand and also dive into his most talked about policies:

🚼 universal childcare

🥶 a rent freeze

🛒 a city-run grocery store

💵 raising the minimum wage to $30

Then we get into Elon’s rideshare launch in Austin that he’s been hard launching since 2019, but it was a soft launch with 10 to 20 cars in a fenced-in area, priced at $4.20. Of course. The hosts discuss:

📷 Tesla’s bet on cameras over lidar

🚗 a Tesla dropping a passenger in the middle of an intersection…🤖 Tesla’s other moonshots like the humanoid robot Optimus

00:00 Intro

00:47 NYC mayoral election and Zohran Mamdani

45:56 Tesla's rideshare launch in Austin