Tekedra Mawakana

When we first thought about Tokyo, Japan, we thought about Tokyo.

Right.

And when we first thought about Tokyo, we decided to partner with Neon Kotsu and Go.

And that's because the cabs are such an integral part of life there.

Culturally.

Exactly.

And so what that's allowed us to do is we have a fleet of vehicles there and the drivers of those vehicles are part of that partnership.

You know, they're collecting the data for us.

And so they're like helping to usher in this change.

There will still be cabs for a long time and there will be an introduction of autonomous vehicles.

And so finding partners, like you said, national champions who can help us navigate not only the regulatory climate, but who already have that trust.

of riders and who can help us educate riders that this isn't like something they are not welcoming.

It's actually something they're quite excited about, seeing Tokyo become a city of the future from a transportation standpoint.

That's exactly right.

And of course, it's something we've helped shape.

You know, there's most places contemplated drivers around the world, right?

I mean, that's the way laws, whether it's 50 years ago or 100 years ago, I mean, they were sort of written to regulate automobiles and automobiles were presumed to be driven by people.

And so most places we have to think through what needs to change in the laws.

And then if people are willing to work with us on that,

then we work with them to change it.