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webfi- A ride in a Waymo driverless car
TechCrunch contributor Ed Niedemeyer gets a ride in Waymo’s driverless Chrysler Pacifica minivan in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler. The company is starting to match members of its early rider program with driverless rides as it starts scaling up its robotaxi service.
For more on Waymo’s driverless car: https://tcrn.ch/2NvKpaf
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This cars are driving on very quiet roads, nice weather, no rain and snow… Want to see they are performing in real traffic of a town.
Excellent. I'm looking forward to trying it out when it's available in Florida.
Waymo should use electric fleet, set good example
Will they ever come to Amsterdam?
Technology improvements are exciting for me , absolutely, but just a few months ago this same system could not do a left turn through oncoming traffic without being too hesitant and uncertain, so until I see tests and prove that this thing is not Hazard on a public roads, I'm not gonna trust it… technology like this doesn't Leap Forward fast, 10 years ago sounds cool, about 10 years ago we barely had any Electronics assistance in a cars… well hey, we invented wheel centuries ago, we still making failing and seizing bearings for them
Have you seen Drone Taxi in Dubai ?
Between Waymo and Tesla we should be seeing a majority of autos driverless, and hopefully electric.
I think Tesla will be first. They have shit loads of data more than Waymo and their approach is very AI and human intervention learning based. Soon there's going to be a million Teslas out there mapping and learning everything. It'll be hard to catch up.
You, an expert: Self driving cars will never happen.
Google: Uh, they're literally on the road right now.
You: Never….happen…
It seems they are seriously improving with this technology/software.
Tech Crunch – Waymo is Decades behind what Tesla can do Today.
people shit on Uber's stock, once this stuff is mastered it's gonna be worth so much, it'll just take years
I'm just gonna wait until it can drive during bad weather.
No volume on the roads or inclement weather factors taken seen on this video. Please bring ‘driverless’ technology to highway 401 in Toronto or Gardiner Expressway and see how well it does here.
I want to see them driving on Indian roads 😂
Can it drive in rain or snow?
these things on the road with new york drivers is a sight to see, I can't wait.
Didn't Waymo let go about 100 employees just last month 😕😕. These cars are pretty expensive..you guys should have ask how much each car cost with all of those self driving parts 👍
Wonder if I will ever see the day where every vehicle is self driven. I'm honestly not sure what to think about that but if every vehicle is centrally controlled vehicle to vehicle accidents should be near impossible to happen
One issue they haven't commented on is safety from robbers on the road, any person will be able to stop your car with an stop sign or whatever, and then proceed to do its 'business'. Right now you have the option to accelerate and not stop, but its based on a judgement call that the car can't make right now by itself. I hope they address this soon.
1:42 ..hum good question lmao
So…what if the car is hacked while in route to school with a car load of kids. Wouldn't it make more sense to have a real, live, breathing human behind the wheel to take over in case of an emergency. I know I wouldn't let my kids in a autonomous driverless vehicle. Dont fuel yourself people, these machines will make you lose your entrepreneurial freedom some day soon. Take action or dont take action.
I don't think you're telling the truth about how long testing has been going on. Until now nobody believed me. I lived in Phoenix in 2001. A vehicle pulled up next to me at a stop light and there was nobody in it. If you would have said any other place in the world I never would have put the 2 together(this video+my experience). Regardless it's still a really neat concept and I would definitely take a cruise in one
Ok… Got it. Their product isn't cars. It's taxis.
Or, from another perspective, no more driving the car how you want it, where you want it and with nobody tot know that. It will be :Zzzap!! And your car îs switched off or even more scary, take you to Court without you wanting that.
Considering Waymo recorded the killing of a woman crossing the street. It wouldn't surprise me if this was a front for Big Brother. Mass surveillance is their main priority.
Will they work on the edge of a cliff?
I hope they make these for the visually impaired and add like a talking feature to where we tell the car where to go. That would be totally cool.
Release it already
Tired of the talking
HELLO,THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING A GREAT THING,AND I KNOW FROM LIVING AROUND NEGATIVE PEOPLE THAT THEY WILL 100% ATTACK THIS,KEEP DOING YOUR TECH THING AND SHUT THEM UP
It’s really cool but I know the second I step into a self driving car it’s going to drive me into a volcano.
Lidar is stupid.
How about another hypothetical scenario— what if carjackers/thieves are driving around with a fake police siren—how will waymo react? Or if someone is pretexting to be law enforcement— with a fake id/uniform and everything
"Autonomous" vehicles on TRAINING WHEELS. Nice pre-mapped, geo-fenced areas. Would love to see a non-company produced video of these vehicles on their own outside of these areas designated by Waymo. It's a SHAM! Nice try though. By all means, keep on trying.
Tesla is winning the FSD contest
"Police officer can take over the car" – this is not ok. This will ruin everything. Why not just give control to ISIS
Why driverless? it's cruel how y'all want to rob the already poor taxi drivers of their lively hood. I won't who will wanna ride in such a vehicle in a stormy weather or fog when tactical human response is needed, crazy!
I rather drive myself than the car self drive. I don't feel is safe. Few people who died. I don't trust it
Imagine siting in the back writing up html, or c++ while you learn and car crashes
By the year 2035, these cars will be everywhere. It won't be weird anymore.