btw the legal hoops Waymo has to jump through just to launch in Germany are insane 🇩🇪 Germany is easily the hardest regulatory environment they’ve ever faced. > Waymo had to register to lobby the German government more than 4 years before announcing the service > run a 2-year campaign aimed specifically at changing Germany’s rules for commercial autonomous driving > spend €170k-180k on German lobbying in 2025 alone > submit a 12-page filing to Brussels arguing over how “safe” should be…