Watch Waymo’s Self-Driving Taxis Put Urban Terrain to the Test | WSJ

Waymo is operating fully driverless robotaxis in Chandler, Ariz., and recently took a step toward offering the same to riders in San Francisco. It is a test that could provide a roadmap for Waymo’s expansion and help the Google sister company build a revenue-generating business. Photo: Karl Mollohan
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[@arcadia5607]

I see so many of these amazing vehicles in San Francisco. I feel safe driving next to them because I know they never speed or run lights.

[@edmondcasenas2565]

But despite these Hi-Tech machines are the lost of many driver jobs, robotics A.I. stolen the job :(((

[@pranadprabhu2586]

@@edmondcasenas2565 cool

[@haraldkoch4446]

How many driverless taxi's are there. 60? There is only one thing they must do. They are not supposed to kill anyone. That's all. Sorry Arcadia but your car is killing people. And will continue to kill people.

[@mendoblendo321]

More loss of jobs Taxi talk is fun To much AI and automation isn't good

[@j.f.6302]

@@edmondcasenas2565 That is what Innovation is about. People "loosing" their job because of Innovation is a very important thing. If we would have stopped this process because of people loosing their jobs we would have no Internet, computers etc. today. People who loose their Job because of Innovation can give a new impact in other or new industries which transform humanity and living in general to a new and better stage.

[@ElectricFuture]

If you look out the window on any given road i’d say about 50% of drivers are using their phones. On the highway, at a pedestrian crosswalk, everywhere all the time. Self driving cars can’t come soon enough

[@vika0194]

50%? Haha. Probably 15%

[@roxaskinghearts]

there are 2 million people like me who physically cannot drive and millions of people who statisically should not drive 60% of new mexico got a ticket from the red light cam that shown how most of the country should probably be looked at the same when children try and use this as a excuse thats all after we ignore beer and these ignorant kids thinking there so perfect we call this sociopathic tendencies your the kind of kids who end up dying in races fact you dont realize how close you are to insanity humans are not only flawed there completely self motivated moronic cult members there is nothing in this world worth fighting and dying for outside freedom for all as a American my forefathers instilled that into me in pride of my country even now im a complete optimist about the future but its based on facts and still reality even at current pace as science slows down for no man and Taiwan doesnt change anything even if china did take it towards my end of points i wish our world would reaffirm peace and never let go we cannot let another 30000 year war stop us from a larger presence in space

[@Mr.Mister420]

That's okay .. But who asked

[@joetatoesniff9525]

That's why I sold my motorcycle

[@resilientbeba]

@@vika0194 probably about 75%

[@wisanu99]

It’s always 3-5 years from no driver. It’s been like that forever.

[@michelvosje]

Yes. I feel the same when a university develops a new kind of robot technology. They always say that it can be used for rescue work. But I've never seen it used in practice.

[@mystercraig]

I work at a company and we already have contracts from house hold name companies for delivery good services and ride hailing. It is much closer than most realize.

[@whatever9042]

I know. I really wish this companies success

[@unlink1649]

I disagree. A few years back this was nowhere near the state it's in now. We are onto something. Replacing drivers in the first world will unlock untold amounts of human potential. This is a complicated problem and they are learning how to do it. I'm hopeful for this part of the future.

[@aleksandersuur9475]

As you can see, evidently driverless already exists, it's over 4 years already since waymo first took the safety driver out. As for when it will reach your location... well, that's a different topic. Even when driverless reaches market maturity, it's not like the entire vehicle pool can be replaced overnight, even if a company decides to for example buy new lorries to replace old ones and their drivers, it's not like they are going to scrap perfectly working vehicles, they'll just sell them downstream to companies that don't have money to invest in driverless or to countries where driverless is not yet a reality for technical or political reasons.

[@kxmode]

Being the victim of road rage is one thing you never have to worry about with driverless cars.

[@endthedisease]

When I can watch TV on a big screen while driving and not get pulled over. That's when I want a self driving car

[@MAchannel2024]

I can’t wait for driverless cars. We will save so many human lives since 90+% of drivers are terrible and distracted.

[@mogtrader8]

I agree. I think in aggregate, it'll decrease a lot of accidents. It'll allow for people to actually refresh and do something else during their commute!

[@lucasrem1870]

do they drive save? You do bad i guess, lol

[@everythingisfine9988]

98%

[@MAchannel2024]

@@everythingisfine9988 I was trying to be nice ; ) It’s probably 99%

[@everythingisfine9988]

@@MAchannel2024 I know... But my fingers just took haha

[@ashrafjacobs446]

Suprised that the Waymo crashing into Padestrian didn't make Big News! If that was Tesla, would major propaganda

[@jeffb8824]

It may be related to who owns Waymo

[@SashaMirpour]

Because a driver was actually driving it which probably makes the case for driverless cars even bigger .

[@daydreamer8373]

@@SashaMirpour They say a human was driving it. and conveniently the 3 accidents before it.

[@CoryAlbrecht]

How come Waymo hasn't talked about their winter weather testing in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced a few years ago?

[@beyondfossil]

Probably because LIDAR is completely blinded by rain and fog.

[@CoryAlbrecht]

@@beyondfossil The point, Waymo said back then, was to work on sensors that can operate in winter, like LIDAR with certain frequencies of non visible EMF that can go through water.

[@leibun]

My guess is because the testing isn’t completed or isn’t showing promising results and they don’t want to pull an Elizabeth Holmes by making false claims.l of their technology being ready before it is.

[@CoryAlbrecht]

@@leibun Except Waymo has never been shy before, and still isn't, about giving us updates about their progress in more benign climates like Phoenix even in the middle of testing before things have been fully evaluated.

[@cybertruck4988]

Because they are far behind Tesla.

[@RichEmbury]

Are they testing in ice and snow too? It takes alot more to maeuvre on ice for 6+ months of the year. Longer stopping time required, more space, etc. Hopefully they are testing in northern cities too. I'd love to see how that is going.

[@michaelcrossley4716]

It don't snow in San Francisco or Phoenix. But good point. I think AI would be far better in snow than people from California. One inch of snow shuts the whole thing down. I'd say Waymo is best equipped to handle snow and fog being that it uses lidar and radar.

[@RichEmbury]

It's snowing in Hawaii and Texas these daya, so you never know, San Francisco could be next. God forbid . Imagine those hills with ice and snow on them? Yikes. 😉

[@tribalypredisposed]

The reason Chandler Arizona was first for Waymo is because they average 4" of rain a year and no snow or ice there. LIDAR has significant issues dealing with rain or snow. There is a KZbin videos posted recently if a Tesla driving itself on a dirt road covered in snow, and it does not go perfectly, but then it is still a work in progress for them. At least the Tesla autonomous tech shows potential for doing it in perfectly in the not too distant future, and no one else has any cars trying it that they have made public.

[@ev.c6]

I doubt it performs well in these conditions. Understanding how this technology works, that is why it operates in cities where the weather is good most of the time.

[@aplante]

6+ months of the year with ice on the ground? I don't think Alert, NT is a target market for Waymo.

[@siamimam2109]

I think having them driving on a set route / loop like bus routes is a great idea! That way locals can get used to driving around them and they can start collecting data. The trust needs to be slowly gained

[@TheGogetassj]

So like a train? Or subway

[@cybertrk]

@@TheGogetassj no because they can change routes dynamically and can stop MUCH faster.

[@d33pNacho]

Having an AI-driven car use the same route over and over again defeats the purpose of deep learning. These vehicles need to adapt to any new route/kind of road/street/hw and learn from unexpected situations and some day make the transition to driving in other countries with different traffic rules.

[@ducnguyen4973]

Self driving bus is good and may come sooner than private vehicles. However they are not really cost efficient. For car, machine replaces 10 drivers to carry 10 people. But for bus, machine replaces just 1 driver to carry 10 people

[@andreyeampierre2377]

2:11 Whoa... always watching 😄

[@varunchandergutti9376]

Hope these can handle extremes of snow or rain.

[@mystercraig]

They can. I work at a company and it is shocking what it can deal with. Ride quality still needs adjusting because most ppl don't abide by street laws which cause the cars logic to have to adapt, but it is impressive to say the least.

[@beyondfossil]

Good video. But the footage for the Arizona Waymo demonstration should have included the driverless vehicle pulling up, stopping at the curb, and the passenger(s) getting in. Its a thrill watching a "ghost" car drive up to you. It would have shown the actual experience more vividly and how it would really be experienced by the customer.

[@mystercraig]

There were probably still some restrictions on what they could show.

[@mystercraig]

@@frosttaco3540 true, those are usually bloggers or tiktoks from what I've seen rather than wsj. That being said, ur right, idk why they wouldn't show that

[@paladain55]

Makes you wonder if 20-30 years from now they will be talking about banning drivers of manual cars (cars that require the owner to drive). 10 years ago when EVs were starting to be introduced (yes im skipping the useless ones from the 2000s) it was in a similar fashion and now we are trying to ban all gas cars altogether in 10 more years. Hopefully they will allow us enthusiast to drive our fun gas car every once in a while in the future (maybe a couple percent of the population)

[@tribalypredisposed]

I expect it to at least be much harder to get your license in the future. It is far easier to get a license in American than in many other countries, like Canada and the UK.

[@vichupayyan]

that;s coming soon, not 20-30 years. may be in 10 years or so.

[@jimj2683]

You will only be able to drive your sports car at a track. I don't want potentially distracted drivers around me when I am in my self-driving pod.

[@StefunSoare]

Yes! I want this! 🙂

[@jmalko9152]

Informative!

[@Hunter-ii9wt]

Test it at Vietnam 🇻🇳, ( the traffic there is extremely chaotic), you can collect tons of data therr

[@tfmotion2070]

I saw these cabs In person at a charging station

[@Servant_Of_Yeshua_HaMashiach]

Amazing technology!!😎

[@danielhull9079]

What level ASIL is the Waymo Platform? A, B,C,D?

[@Borishal]

At last! Come to Australia, Waymo. Please?

[@xclimatexcoldxx]

2:28 so in other words, keeping accidents and fatalities quiet.

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

Nice video.

[@donaldotrumpriguez2024]

they always say theyre working with local authorities when they mess up.

[@somaghosh2960]

Wow!

[@knight_flyer1199]

I saw an old movie the other day and it had a self driving taxi called Johnny Cab. Passenger got really annoyed and ripped the robots head off. Can imagine lots of people doing that. Film was Total Recall.

[@GaomonAndLucario]

Well sadly that's not going to happen with driverless cars. Haha.

[@danieldaniels7571]

Waymo doesn't have a head to rip off. And the entire car is a robot.

[@ThePixelRunner]

An interface talking to you like Delamain in CP2077 might be cool to add in this kind of car

[@danieldaniels7571]

I ride pretty regularly in Waymo. They do talk to you.

[@rasat4829]

If Waymo can make it in NYC, it can make it anywhere!

[@adeshfafriya3884]

Wait till you enter New Delhi, Lagos or Jakarta

[@xtian091975]

so cool, but at this pace, maybe my grandchildren can use it here in Chile

[@danieldaniels7571]

They could move to Phoenix and use it now.

[@aimanhakimiaimanhakimi6300]

I need this since I can't drive because I have trauma in road, please come to Malaysia waymo

[@andreyeampierre2377]

8:01 Big money moves

[@adrpibgal]

I seen them in Dallas

[@the1common1man]

How about cabs for long distance?!

[@oliversilverstein1221]

Should’ve asked what went wrong in chandler. Probably tech and production

[@youngatnaruto]

How does it know when to stop? What if there is a power shortage and the traffic lights are off

[@daydreamer8373]

Well I can't talk for Waymo specifically. But there is a Video of someone using Tesla FSD Beta. Who came across this exact scenario. It treated it like a junction, and handled it very well to be fair.

[@johnsmith-mp4pr]

elon musk/tesla fanboys are mad haha

[@obobobobobi]

My tesla drives better then this also is 10x smarter especially when it slows down and stops on green light and pisses off all the cars behind me. Technology is great.

[@233hao]

Is the machine learning local patterns or is it learning to learn? To me all "self driving cars" are just learning patterns not learning to learn. You feed the machine 1 billion patterns it can probably execute well for a while but when it faces uncertainty (aggressive people, drunk drivers, high drivers, phone obsessed drivers, quick unforeseen weather) can it preform?

[@GaomonAndLucario]

Answer is yes! The thing with learning is that give it enough information on a variety on situations (even situations that are basically the same but with minor changes in places), it can start to figure out the best way to respond to such scenarios. It's like how us humans need reinforcement of ideas in order to apply what we learned to the real world. The AI does the same here. Waymo even takes its own accidents (almost all of it is not their fault) and inputs it into the AI so it can learn even better. I highly recommend you look at the videos where it serves as a Taxi service in Phoenix! You'll be surprised just how skilled it is in navigating the roads and some of the more rarer instances of situations it hasn't or barely encountered (that are again, fed into the AI).

[@adriancooper78]

253 thousand in Chandler Arizona

[@0pTicaL]

Can it drive in heavy rain?

[@tfish6397]

While watching this video my Century link internet went out twice. What happens when this happens in a driverless car?

[@capitalinvestmentconsultan1679]

Available at a location near you!

[@davidjkuchar]

Please let me know how LiDAR works in rain ,snow and fog, OK

[@delliscool4924]

important UPDATE: passengers can select their location and distination by smart phone application so one taxi can pick up more than one passenger on the same line , this will reduce traffic jam.

[@franki3Ru550]

Why are alot of people saying that self driving is not there yet and you still have to baby sit the car? And there is literally no one driving

[@vati90]

Johnny cab is becoming a reality

[@AllPowa287]

This car needs Way-Mo room

[@_oceanman]

Nice

[@yassineaguig6628]

Come to NYC let me see if that can work lol

[@jonathanbell9349]

The narrators voice sounds like the jonny cab robot from total recall

[@jordanleopold93]

I know it's a Waymo piece, but it would be cool to get your take on the self driving landscape and rush to market. I think the most fascinating approach to the market is Tesla's given their FSD user count, state of autonomous tech, and owner/Uber-model. When fully in the thick of it, we'll have a Uber vs Lyft pt. 2 w/ Tesla + Waymo.

[@AtillatheFun]

Tesla is not self-driving. It is lane assist and uses its customers as guinea pigs. It is a sad approach from a sad man who claims to be the founder of the company even though he came in way later as an investor.

[@jordanleopold93]

@@AtillatheFun I'm talking technology. Not rhetoric.

[@AtillatheFun]

@@jordanleopold93 In terms of rhetoric I was trying to do an appeal to logos and pathos at the same time. Let’s get real here, Tesla autopilot is lane assist and GM has the same with supercruise. This is due to Tesla refusing to accept that only using cameras and not pre-mapping areas is a bad idea. Also where are the Tesla taxis that we were promised in 2018? Where is full self driving that we were told would be here by now? “Car guys” agree that Teslas are unsafe in many ways and Waymo is trying to actually change that. In the early days Tesla was using its customers as unsafe test subjects while Waymo was using actual engineers who sat behind the wheel and examined every aspect.

[@jasonv6319]

I personally think it comes down to regulations, and making sure we start by doing autonomous only streets in cities specifically in areas close to the beaches where there are usually allot of bike lanes in the area, Than implement them into busier areas, than start adding autonomous rideshare for business hubs and shopping districts, than moving them to the suburbs

[@wojciechmuras553]

@@AtillatheFun You're confusing Autopilot (which is a great "lane keep assist/active cruise control" system, maybe not the best, but definitely up there), with FSD Beta, a completely different system Tesla is developing. Here's an example of a drive with FSD Beta in control the entire time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/poCwn4V9apJ4Zs0 Watch that and tell me again, with a straight face, that it's not an autonomous car.

[@ruthlessluder]

Yea let's roll this out to places that snows.

[@30minforasn]

Probably drives better than most people out there.

[@danieldaniels7571]

It does. I ride with Waymo often and feel much safer with them than human drivers. And when I'm driving, they're the safest and most courteous other drivers on the road.

[@Alwaysgrim]

Future here we come 🙂

[@jianxi]

What happens if one of the sensors is faulty?

[@aleksandersuur9475]

That's kind of like asking "what if you run out of gas" for current cars, you stop obviously.

[@user-zy2oi7iv8h]

they will have build in redundancy. that is why they have 3 types of sensors.

[@Dannydrinkbottom]

the moment uber removes the drivers. that's the moment they'll have one of the best if not the best business structure ever made.

[@mystercraig]

This is closer than you think 😏

[@kevinkent6351]

Uber's problem is that in the autonomous age it has nothing special to differentiate it from anyone else. Uber is a dead company long-term.

[@Dannydrinkbottom]

@@kevinkent6351 It has the market. If they can adopt or partner with autonomous companies then they will thrive, if not. They will die, I agree.

[@kevinkent6351]

@@Dannydrinkbottom Uber, Lyft, etc. have no defensible market position in autonomous vehicles. Uber, et al's value proposition is the fact that they have a lot of cars, which means in most major markets they can pick you up within a few minutes. If you started a ride-sharing company or a Facebook rival today, you'd not be able to compete with Uber or Facebook, respectively, because of network effects. But when ride-sharing eventually goes autonomous, whichever company has the most vehicles is going to win, with maybe some niche companies offering a higher-end or different service.

[@aleksandersuur9475]

@@Dannydrinkbottom They have the market as long as they keep pouring investors money down a black hole, the moment they try to get any sort of profit out of that market position a competitor will pop up and take that market position away from them. The barrier of entry to that business is trivially low, just launch an app, it's cheap.

[@RalfDerLangsame]

In Hamburg we say "DA HAST DU".

[@itzdart]

They took all the jags😂🤣

[@madhavgpai27]

Come to Bangalore please.

[@livefromplanetearth]

🙏🏾

[@importantname]

when will they make a profit?

[@mystercraig]

Ride sharing, goods delivery services. Think company to company services as well.

[@stinkystu1]

The ultimate test would be the Katy Freeway during rush hour.

[@danieldaniels7571]

Waymo, at least now, doesn't use freeways. It will find a surface street route to avoid them, and tends to gravitate to back roads.

[@auro1986]

if passengers have signed non disclosure agreement then why wsj advertising how safe and efficient are these self driven cars?

[@andreyeampierre2377]

1:28 Wow. A decade... that's slow moving innovation for tech.

[@unlink1649]

It's as complicated a problem as it can be.

[@rblxplaysmochax6808]

@@unlink1649 its only complicated because they can't make it work

[@_____case]

​@@rblxplaysmochax6808 No one has been able to make it work.

[@QuietStormX]

I want to see them East! Say NYC and traffic rush hours. D.C. Metro too Capitol Beltway around D.C. of Northern Virginia and Maryland. Stop & Go... ;-D I love to Drive than ride a Manual!

[@matthewchang5701]

San jose California

[@LyricalLanguages]

I dont know If id trust it in a big city you need to be asertive in city Traffic... i just think it would wait to long to do anything.

[@foreignname9292]

the problem i see is not the technology but it's the financial feasibility. the cost of the car is expensive. how many fares do these cars need to make to just break even. on top of that, you need to consider the maintenance cost, unexpected expenses such as vandalism or collision. hence also it will cost more for insurance.

[@8sneakerhead]

Google was unlimited money they don’t care

[@theasz3012]

It will be a tough challenge for automatic cars to enter on Indian roads.

[@rblxplaysmochax6808]

Never gonna happen

[@games528]

Not really tougher than for people drivers.

[@danieldaniels7571]

Part of Waymo's current coverage area in Arizona includes part of the Salt River Pima Indian reservation.

[@nonstoprun5798]

A non-stop autonomous car has been developed.

[@vivarevolution3527]

Jaguar F pace ❤️

[@charliepearce8767]

In the same as flying cars..... Self driving cars are something that's a tec well into the future.

[@rblxplaysmochax6808]

Yeah, agreed. Tec always falls short

[@xclimatexcoldxx]

3:04 I hope the camera footage inside the car was given to the police to confirm it really was driver error. And if there isn't none, but like $10,000 worth of tech all over the car, ha lol okay so there OBVIOUSLY probably like 5 or 10 cameras inside the car. No way on earth I'd could get away leaving a bomb in one or even install my own camera to spy on passengers, without getting caught.

[@miltonfriedman3593]

Lol "will people decide to use it?" When a ride in those taxis cost $1.99 and a regular driver $20 I can promise you everybody would use this, most of those cars would be electric with no oil changes million mile powertrain.

[@motogeee510]

So does this vechile pull over when emergency vechile or behind it? Possibly pull over for police as well ? An apparently your state doesn't care if there is a person behind the wheel ? Because on utube there or examples of people being pulled over for sleeping behind the wheel?

[@mystercraig]

None of these cars are public for personal use so the only videos out there, I would imagine, are those in Teslas, which are level 2 autonomy, which makes not having ur hands actively by the wheel illegal.

[@pauldevey8628]

How well does it perform at night, rain, leaves and snow of the north?

[@mark2102]

These autonomous driving backers assume that all roads are wide and perfectly smoothly paved with no cracks or potholes and zero obstruction from uncontrollable things like weather and human activity.

[@blainegabbertgabonemhofgoa6602]

How well do humans perform in those conditions?

[@mystercraig]

@@mark2102 where are you getting that from?

[@mystercraig]

A combo of Lidars, radar, and cameras can handle mild to moderate, even severe precipitation in some cases, rather well.

[@pauldevey8628]

My understanding is Tesls switch off auto mod when faced with impairments. They won’t fully be autonomous until sensors are embedded in the roads and other vehicles

[@captiantim1]

Awesome technology , I can't wait. I hate driving

[@phatmeow7764]

i imagine a future where we have self flying FTL capable starships where humans can scoot off to other habitable planets/moons!

[@xclimatexcoldxx]

The best thing about a driverless taxi is that you don't have to leave a tip!

[@user-xq2fz5tz9t]

Try this in Africa, and all external sensors will be missing in a day. But they can have sensors & cameras enclosed in high voltage cases instead.

[@jlwdeuce8536]

How about when it rains?

[@mystercraig]

They can handle p well!!

[@davidschreiner4411]

How do they get through unmanned gated security and press gate codes? How do they clean up puke before the next Rider gets in? How do they get a drunk passed out passenger out of the cab? How do they deal with left-behind items like wallet purse or cell phone before the next passenger may end up with it if it's out of camera view on the floor in the back?

[@jasonv6319]

Since most of these cars have cameras from what i see the car would just drive back to the depot and have a human clean them

[@jasonv6319]

Remember, the cars will literally be able to think for themselves

[@sali1023]

theyre using jaguars as taxis ??? big money bruh big money

[@Venom-rc9fk]

Waymo cars are cars with training wheels. Plain and simple.

[@varunchandergutti9376]

Probably autonomous cars should give the guidelines on how roads should be laid.

[@JOELVAT]

That would be giving tax money to companies so they can be more profitable reducing the number of jobs. Loss-loss for the tax payers.

[@whatever9042]

Yes we do that for everything else. Even a plane is paved to match. Sensors everywhere one computer that connects every vehicle.

[@nolin132]

@@JOELVAT requiring fewer jobs to do the same work is a great thing! The tractor reduced the amount of farm labor jobs, are you against that too?

[@JOELVAT]

@@nolin132 Is that why the US government subsidizes farmer in the billions and also farmers' employees have a lower wage under federal law? What an industry you chose for an example!

[@andreyeampierre2377]

7:33 Ahhh. A defeatist attitude... I understand now

[@alix743]

*I GRADUALLY FEEL LIKE THAT I AM A FOREIGNER ON OUR PLANET*

[@proudbhartiya1993]

This is definitely required in India. Because all drivers ask the 1 question "Jana kaha hai".

[@joegrimes9232]

I dreamt last night randomly about getting into a self drive car. It was a couple decades from now I'm in my late 50's or so and my friends are laughing at me because I'm a cliche. Spooky dream. I'm often reminded of the character Ian Malcolm, portrayed by the great Jeff Goldblum from Jurassic Park. "Your scientist was so preoccupied with if they could than whether they should" Self drive cars serves only to take jobs from drivers, offering the same services.

[@sorryi6685]

Problem is a lot of developed countries have a shortage of drivers and it's only going to be worse as population ages..

[@MalfosRanger]

I am reminded of I,Robot when Spooner is asked about being in in manual mode after being attacked in the underground road. It’s practically guaranteed that hand driving will be looked at as reckless behavior once self-driving vehicles are broadly accepted.

[@ArpanMukhopadhyay93]

NDA and transparency!!LOOOOOL

[@thejeffinvade]

Even if computers can reduce 90% of the accidents, the 10% people that got killed by a computer will sue.

[@mk3mo578]

Never looked at the lives it safe, only when something bad happens. That’s how our media works.

[@thejeffinvade]

@@mk3mo578 Sadly, only bad news draw eyeballs.

[@unlink1649]

If we get accidents when the vehicle sticks to the rules that's just unfortunate. If we can reduce accidents by replacing human drivers, we are truly onto something.

[@aleksandersuur9475]

Dead people don't sue anyone.

[@mk3mo578]

@@aleksandersuur9475 There loved ones do

[@presnetosranje]

O look, i drowe those cars in plant they were built .Magna Austria.. we were geting them ready for the trip to the Usa.

[@jmin15]

Guess what happens when it rains? Lidar doesn't work.

[@aeromtb2468]

what happened to uber self driving? wonder why we didnt hear about the accident in the news

[@_____case]

They sold their autonomous vehicle division to another company.

[@whatever9042]

I’d rather trust a computer than most idiots on the road.

[@swaminathangnanasambandam5384]

World need personal aerial vehicles.

[@AlgoNudger]

Hype! 😂

[@mrbear3487]

Looks like Skydiving but without a aero plane or a 🪂. Weymo weymo Watch out for the train Weymo

[@HS2ND]

Looking at a screen from the passenger seat in a moving car makes one puke……

[@Index-o1234]

The problem is the shear amount of vehicles and obstacles to overcome on the roadways in both its arteries and veins and if AI can not have total control over all of these anomalies and unforseen vehicular events like an airtraffic control system has then a collision is inevitable. Electronic vehicles being of a sensative nature generally with elelectronics mounted in areas which absorb impact in accidents....The losses to the consumer and the insurance industry will make it a purchase option consumers will recoil from even in the face of rising future fossil fuel prices. A better mouse trap need to be Invented which is comfortable, advanced in its automation connectivity processes to community, to the driving society which surrounds it and affordable to own, repair or maintain and keep on the roadways.... Science research and development needs to step in and make it an everyday reality now rather then tomorrow Unless vehicle ownership in the future is owned in whole by a government whom will eventually give it over to private contractorships like the Postal Service, Uber or Medalion to manage due to its own debts and public responsabilities.

[@theacguy9546]

I wouldn't get caught dead in one.