Sean McLain

If you've been in Austin or Phoenix or Los Angeles or San Francisco, robo-taxis are increasingly commonplace.

There are hiccups, like getting lost in a parking lot, and there has been some highly public incidents and accidents on the road.

But the technology is becoming more stable and people are becoming more comfortable with it.

And that's giving the industry confidence to roll out into more places like Detroit, Minneapolis, even trying to tackle midtown Manhattan.

The industry and analysts feel the technology is stable enough to start tackling harder challenges.

They're starting to roll out in Austin and Houston and Dallas.

That's what people mostly have their eyes on, whether or not Tesla can do the same thing with robo-taxis that it did with electric vehicles.

And Uber, who is aggregating a bunch of different robo-taxi players into their network.

And even startups like Zoox, who we've been hearing about for the better part of a decade.

All of these companies are starting to deploy vehicles or getting close to being able to deploy their vehicles.

Of course, it's a street race. Looks like the streets of Miami, if I recall correctly.

Of course, it's a street race. Looks like the streets of Miami, if I recall correctly.

Of course, it's a street race. Looks like the streets of Miami, if I recall correctly.

And there were very iconic cars from the 1990s and the early 2000s. And two in particular that I think are relevant for our discussions. One is a candy pink convertible made by Honda, an S2000. Whoa. And then we also have the Nissan Skyline GT-R, nicknamed Godzilla, rolling down the street, puffing smoke out of its wheel wells and shooting flames out the tailpipe.

And there were very iconic cars from the 1990s and the early 2000s. And two in particular that I think are relevant for our discussions. One is a candy pink convertible made by Honda, an S2000. Whoa. And then we also have the Nissan Skyline GT-R, nicknamed Godzilla, rolling down the street, puffing smoke out of its wheel wells and shooting flames out the tailpipe.

And there were very iconic cars from the 1990s and the early 2000s. And two in particular that I think are relevant for our discussions. One is a candy pink convertible made by Honda, an S2000. Whoa. And then we also have the Nissan Skyline GT-R, nicknamed Godzilla, rolling down the street, puffing smoke out of its wheel wells and shooting flames out the tailpipe.

And these are two of the most iconic vehicles of the street racing circuit from that period.

And these are two of the most iconic vehicles of the street racing circuit from that period.

And these are two of the most iconic vehicles of the street racing circuit from that period.

We are following some breaking news this morning. Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced that they plan to merge. If the deal goes through, this would make the companies the third largest automakers in the world.