Waymo's Mawakana on Autonomous Driving Expansion Plans

[@dannyboy480-y4m]

Waymo is great here in Phoenix. My wife and I use it all the time. I see more and more of their vehicles on the road in Scottsdale every week. Will be interesting to see how the Cyber Cab challenges them.

[@davidmiletic6647]

Whoever put this woman on this position, did a good job.

[@pedror7992]

Great interview Ed

[@illlDCllli]

Why is she applauded for avoiding any questions regarding Tesla, which is a big elephant in the room?

[@recursivefunk]

@@illlDCllli It’s normal for companies to focus on what they bring to the table and not on what your competition is doing or offering. Apple is consistent in rarely (ever?) mentioning competitors during product announcements. I’m sure her media team tells her Tesla gets enough publicity and she shouldn’t add to it.

[@wadefak]

@@illlDCllli in denial is what it is..

[@ArthurRiggins]

@@illlDCllli she did mention quite clearly Waymo is the only company operating commercially successfully a full self driving vehicle. Right now, Tesla is all talk, she subtly alluded to that in my opinion.

[@De_Wukong]

@@illlDCllli nah zoox is elephant in the room

[@justtestingonce]

Where’s Tesla? Not one self driving Tesla on the road! Tesla is left behind and useless.

[@charlievollmer1389]

He cuts her off -so hard- at 6’28”, as she was getting into the meat of her point; never allowing her to answer and share her thoughts on their choice of sensors. Allowing interviewee to answer is the only thing he needs to do. He doesn’t deserve to be her interviewer.

[@LeeWoods]

She is an amazing CEO. I was pleasantly surprised when Alphabet named her co-CEO in 2021. Too bad there are always hateful and derogatory comments anytime a person of color, specifically a black man or woman, speaks publicly. The company has seen tremendous growth under her leadership while working closely with regulators and I look forward to being in an area where I can try it out for myself.

[@blipblop92]

where are these hateful and derogatory comments you're seeing? I think you're the only one saying it lol

[@pennytrui1149]

​@blipblop92 you don't see them one literally called her a fat black women for no reason she isn't even fat 💀

[@BigBlueFlame-000]

Bud they're are calling her DEI hire and what not in here.​@@blipblop92

[@ericKtoCritic]

She avoided to answer anything related to why Vision-only should be the future or not. This tells me TESLA's path to autonomy is the ultimate winner in the end.

[@tribalypredisposed]

“We can’t go back.” Admission they don’t have the data to do neural net programming and are trying to figure out some way to use AI but right now are still stuck with human coding. This is a case study in good money after bad. Waymo people aren’t dumb, they see Tesla’s V13 and know that very soon they will have competition undercutting the Waymo prices by half or more, and Waymo is burning huge amounts of money at their current prices already. The rational thing would be to shut Waymo down now, nobody cares about Waymo having offered robo rides for four years. But instead Waymo is expanding, burning as much money as possible before going under because there are no possible positive things one might do with five billion dollars so might as well use it to preserve the jobs at Waymo a little bit longer and protect their egos from having to admit they failed just yet.

[@EinzigfreierName]

Well, Tesla is failing to deliver robo taxis since 5 years now. And it's Elons ego that doesn't want to admit vision only was the wrong approach.

[@sutats]

Will they introduce a Johnny Cab version for those who want driver-passenger interaction?

[@bpbp277]

@@sutats just get an Uber ???

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[@Ellerich800]

You can buy a robot dog with lidar for under $1k. I imagine Waymo has reduced their lidar cost significantly. I wonder about their cost structure. BYD + Waymo would be super low cost.

[@tribalypredisposed]

But fundamentally more sensors of more kinds is more expensive and takes more power for the sensors and compute which uses more electricity, right now their Waymo Driver uses 40% of the power of their taxi, and Tesla FSD uses two hundred watts. Add in the cost of maintaining the mapping needed for geofencing, and remote drivers for when the taxi needs help, and the cost of installing everything into an already manufactured car, and the cost of hand coding while Tesla uses a neural network to program, and there just is no way Waymo can compete on costs.

[@mshark2205]

Lidar is on a $200 robot vacuum cleaner.

[@tribalypredisposed]

@@mshark2205 And automotive grade LiDAR is considerably more expensive. Just like the motors in an EV cost more than the motors in a robot vacuum.

[@lenar1x]

What seems blatantly obvious to me is that the rideshare/av service will intensify immensely and the only move that can place one ahead of the competition is acquiring Lyft… it’s an obvious move that is equivalent to a check or near checkmate position!

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[@ohkee]

‘We can’t go back". Sounds like she acknowledged Waymo might be on a wrong track (for scaling).

[@metatron3942]

Tesla full self-driving, which I use daily, is being trained to navigate the world's highways autonomously. Waymo got a few cities, that's for sure

[@davidmusser1285]

Makes me more bullish for Tesla after hearing Mary Barra like answers to tough questions.

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[@shepherdsknoll]

Way mo time to get there, way mo cost to get there.

[@138porsche]

Yeah my money is on Elon

[@vojinpupavac]

Can't wait that they get deployed everywhere!

[@tribalypredisposed]

Don’t wait because it will never happen! LiDAR doesn’t work with snow, a snowflake scatters the beam LiDAR emits. On top of that, Waymo is about to get obliterated by Tesla offering service everywhere at far lower prices.

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[@Mwesi]

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[@Frisian-eh2wm]

Waymo did 4m city rides in 2024, 1m miles a week by end of 2024. Say 50 million miles of city traffic in 2024. Tesla has 7 million vehicles recording video all over the world and feeding it into their AI model. Even if every Tesla only does 5000 miles a year, that is 35 billion miles a year. And they are doing it with vehicles people have paid for, with FSD subscriptions or upfront payments, when Waymo needs to buy the vehicles and recoup the cash from paid rides. It's not a fair fight, Tesla will solve self driving first. There is plenty of room for a second player in the self driving market, but Tesla is looking further ahead - real world AI in driving leads to real world AI in other human spaces - factories, homes. the model ports to the robot.

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[@nuthinking39]

I guess Uber could license the technology instead of building their own vehicles. Interesting Waymo doesn’t try to be independent in that market too.

[@soundhead6971]

Lovely dress love!

[@davesanderson1843]

Recently Larry Goldberg travelled 1500 miles using supervised FSD in his Cybertruck with just one intervention. Waymo might have had ‘driverless’ cars on the road for 4 years but can they do that? Could they even drive 150 miles city to city? Ahem 😂

[@faraimupfuti3530]

The problem is that the lidar technology they use is very expensive, making rides expensive and difficult to scale. Also Waymo is geo-fenced....

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[@XxXenosxX]

Waymo>Tesla. Real self driving takes more sensors

[@paullo8268]

Waymo is doing things right, and FSD is doing the right thing.

[@daydreamer8373]

FSD V13 is proving camera's are more than capable.

[@voyager.012]

@@daydreamer8373 It is still far from really removing the driver from the vehicle.

[@daydreamer8373]

@@voyager.012 Actually it is a lot closer than people realise. Tesla are set to start operations in Texas and California next year. It will probably be a soft roll out, with safety drivers, to prove their system. But autonomy is coming.

[@voyager.012]

@ Thanks for your reply. I am looking forward to that though I do not believe pure vision l4 is possible within a few years. I bet Tesla will add back lidar someday. Lidar is expensive is a wrong assumption made ten years ago.

[@colorofspurge]

WAYMO advanced than Tesla

[@cmk353]

Deets on subscriptions withheld Ed you didn't get much out of her

[@jackwilliamburgess]

Not custom made for robotaxi, doesnt control the production so margin lost. Not 2 seater so worse margins long term when most drives are 1-2 people. Higher cost sensors. Looks good now, but we'll see the dynamics in 5-10 years

[@tribalypredisposed]

Zero chance Waymo exists in five years.

[@EDWARDMuse-w9d]

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[@urbanstrencan]

Great interview, Waymo is doing just amazing job 🤩🤩🤟🤟

[@GarrettKoval]

Articulate and comes off as intelligent. Seems like a good CEO which is crucial.

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[@Louhailymarion4262]

1Million Data breach…

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[@MementoMori_2070]

Every time I hear the word Waymo I think of an AI with a pixelated smiley face 😂

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[@willwei1162]

she is too polished

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End-to-end strategy. Interesting, never heard of that idea before

[@MementoMori_2070]

Either you’re serious, jealous or

[@Nunya-lz9ey]

@@MementoMori_2070?

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[@rimagot]

Because of DEI, everytime I see an African American women in a CEO position i doubt was on merit

[@pedromasta6328]

go to hell

[@tribalypredisposed]

Because of racism sexism, every time I see a white male CEO I doubt it was on merit.

[@ohkee]

SUNK COST FALLACY BIAS (sorry for cl)

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[@feryw829]

When asked who is right, Tesla or Waymo, I don't think she gave a good answer.

[@harrisonbroom5229]

Because she knows Waymo is doomed. Tesla is playing the long game, and will ultimately dominate the autonomous vehicle space.

[@pennytrui1149]

​@harrisonbroom5229 sure keep thinking that ☠️

[@daydreamer8373]

@@pennytrui1149 It is based in reality not thought. If Tesla keeps it rate of improvement going. They are set to dominate.

[@BigBlueFlame-000]

​@@daydreamer8373hearing from decade and nothing to show for except that Warner Bros studio I mile driverless ride. Tesla is all talk no show.

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[@CARLTONSparrow]

Adaxum seems like a decent project. Taking a cautious position for now.

[@wreckmoreorless]

She doesn’t know what she’s talking about

[@headyhere]

I will answer the question at 18:36 . Elon will make sure rules at federal level is to benefit Tesla first then others.

[@raze1918]

mixed emotions about ;) 1side says its cheaper and effectiver,maybe, - the other side says its boring driving alone in a taxi. think i wll miss the smalltalk with drivers more ;)

[@ednan9]

Nah! I like to avoid chatty people like you

[@raze1918]

@@ednan9 catched ya🙃🙃🙃🙃

[@super_hero2]

you can just call whoever you like or talk to an AI lol

[@raze1918]

@@super_hero2 :) but it is more intressting and fun with another human.

[@super_hero2]

@@raze1918 you sure about that?

[@aadityachourasia2124]

Only tesla is creating the general solution for autonomy using pure AI

[@Iamjustkiddings]

how so when waymo is driving

[@aadityachourasia2124]

@Iamjustkiddings it is a localized solution requires maping of entire area and expensive sensors like lidar it cannot operate in any unknown terrain tesla do not have any problem like that they are mimicking what humans do

[@Iamjustkiddings]

@@aadityachourasia2124 Brother Elon promised FSD 15 years ago and none of his car does up to this day. Waymo has driverless cars right now.

[@aadityachourasia2124]

@@Iamjustkiddings agree elon time is reletive but its a marathon lets wait and watch

[@Iamjustkiddings]

@@aadityachourasia2124 Now you're talking. I hold tesla shares nonetheless

[@LeoGoodin]

ADX has potential, especially with its E-commerce integration. Let’s see where it goes.

[@233hao]

Quantum, fission, AGI, super conductors are always 5 to 10 years away. Self driving cars are starting to feel the same way.

[@daydreamer8373]

You have obviously not been keeping up with what Tesla FSD is doing.

[@jasonling2367]

? Self driving cars are here already. Go to SF and book a ride

[@BigBlueFlame-000]

Bro Waymo is doing 175K paid rides per week now.

[@daydreamer8373]

@@BigBlueFlame-000 And still making a loss. Tesla has some huge advantages in this space.

[@joelattanzio6013]

Weak interview, Ed

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[@isaiahmaes509]

💲

[@harrisonbroom5229]

Waymo’s days are numbered. Once Tesla solves general autonomy, it’s over for Waymo.

[@oneewingedangel]

@@harrisonbroom5229 And once we solve quantum computing, Nvidia is finished. Doesn't stop it being the second highest valued company in the world, because it's solved a problem for today, not a pipedream of tomorrow.

[@TheVistastube]

@@harrisonbroom5229 aren’t we underestimating how difficult the last mile challenge is?

[@daydreamer8373]

@@TheVistastube Tesla are set to launch some kind of service next year in Texas and California. I'm sure it will be a careful rollout. But Tesla are very close to solving true autonomy.

[@jackwilliamburgess]

​@@TheVistastube Last mile challenge? That's for e-commerce, not robo-taxi. Some rides are only 1-2 miles

[@daydreamer8373]

@@jackwilliamburgess He is talking about the last 1% or less of edge cases. The first 99% of driving is relatively straight forward, it is solving the driving that isn't straight forward, the kid chasing a ball, a deer running into the road, accidents, road closures, and edge cases that most of us will never see. Those are the hardest steps for any self driving systems. Tesla are still not there, but are getting very close to solving it. Thanks to the huge amount of driving data they have gathered over the years.

[@akebouz]

I would not get in the robot taxi no thank you.

[@JoeGariano]

I've ridden in Waymos a few times and they're incredible. Self-driving cars may be the most compelling AI use case there is. I don't think Tesla is going to catch Waymo. Ironically, Elon Musk is staking the future of Tesla on a self-driving, yet its current stock valuation is more than 4x that of Google.

[@davesanderson1843]

Have you even tried FSD?

[@Nunya-lz9ey]

Guys don’t forget to read the Guidelines for this. It’s very important

[@raze1918]

how u mean that?

[@Ndd5058]

Impressive tech, unimpressive ceo

[@ednan9]

Looks impressive to me

[@CheveraChino]

What a disaster, these things move slow, are clogging the roads and annoying as fk. Phoenix should ban them. And it’s not cheaper than uber!!! 😂

[@MementoMori_2070]

Just like elderly people

[@pennytrui1149]

Umm they are literally doing the speed limit if you think they move slow maybe they should increase the speed limit?

[@IproPvP]

Tesla will out-scale Waymo

[@Johnbeatsfood]

😂😂😂 until they stop culture wars and focus on production.

[@ednan9]

Elon - over promise under deliver

[@daydreamer8373]

@@ednan9 Yes that is why he dominates the cargo to space industry Has the most successful electric car company in the world among many other things.

[@ednan9]

@@daydreamer8373 would love if he goes one way to Mars - good riddance

[@daydreamer8373]

@@ednan9 Whatever you think of Elon, there is no denying the huge legacy he will leave behind.

[@MariaGoya-hg7hz]

Word salad giving her gas.

[@ednan9]

You sound bitter as 💩

[@Nunya-lz9ey]

2025 is the year of DEI-verless cars

[@Johnbeatsfood]

Racist moron, ur mentality and competence can't get u hired. Take a pinch of salt and sleep. She's smarter than u in every way.

[@g00rb4u]

Grow up.

[@MariaGoya-hg7hz]

DEI hire

[@Johnbeatsfood]

U should have applied and got it. Just stay in ur mum's bedroom and cry. She's very smart and that's y she's there and ur sleeping in ur Garage. Racist moron

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Love DEI

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