Waymo

[bkp_duke]

My Tesla robotaxi is making me $30K/year, in my alternate reality!!!!

Oh, look, you're back with more hyperbole.

My post was factual, your's . . . trolling.

 

[hooty]

Oh, look, you've back with more hyperbole.

My post was factual, your's . . . trolling.

The fact is Waymo & Cruise have paid robotaxi services.
Reality inducing cognitive dissonance....ouch

 

[diplomat33]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1691540297082142721

 

[diplomat33]

latest SF service area map for Waymo.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1691570679420793035

 

[diplomat33]

Jaguar will discontinue the I-Pace in 2025.

Jaguar retiring the I-Pace in 2025

British automaker Jaguar has decided to retire the popular I-Pace brand by 2025, as reported by Autocar. The move is a complete reversal of the plans of the former CEO, who wanted to improve the I-Pace. Jaguar plans to release […]

driveteslacanada.ca

I imagine Waymo will transition to the Geely vehicle by then. I wonder if Waymo will buy I-Pace before they are discontinued, buy another car from someone or just go all-in on the Geely vehicle.

 

[diplomat33]

Waymo will start charging for rides in SF next Monday (Aug 21).

 

[flutas]

Waymo will start charging for rides in SF next Monday (Aug 21).

I'm curious to see the prices that comes out.

Also curious if they are going to go for a loss leader type model to drive any (direct) competition out who isn't close to market yet.

 

[diplomat33]

The new pricing was supposed to start today, but everything looks to still be the same as far as I can see on the site and in the app.

The notice said that the new pricing starts on Monday Aug 21.

 

[flutas]

Also, not exactly Waymo related but looks like a Cruise vehicle got stuck in wet concrete.

Driverless Car Gets Stuck in Wet Concrete in San Francisco

Though driverless cars have not been blamed for any serious injuries or crashes in the city, they have been involved in several jarring episodes.

www.nytimes.com

Incidents like this hurt the general perception of AVs, really wish Cruise would get their *sugar* together, by either putting safety drivers back in their cars until they can work out their major issues, or at least have more staff nearby for incident response.

 

[diplomat33]

Also, not exactly Waymo related but looks like a Cruise vehicle got stuck in wet concrete.

Driverless Car Gets Stuck in Wet Concrete in San Francisco

Though driverless cars have not been blamed for any serious injuries or crashes in the city, they have been involved in several jarring episodes.

www.nytimes.com

I posted it yesterday in the autonomous driving progress thread. I think Cruise stuff generally belongs in that thread. This thread is just for Waymo.

Autonomous Car Progress

So they can't operate in low Bandwidth areas or in areas with spotty or no cell signals.

teslamotorsclub.com

Incidents like this hurt the general perception of AVs, really wish Cruise would get their *sugar* together, by either putting safety drivers back in their cars until they can work out their major issues, or at least have more staff nearby for incident response.

Cruise has had several viral incidents, including the big mass stall at the festival. They had another one yesterday where the car stopped in the middle of an intersection and then went through a construction zone on the wrong side of the road. See my post here:

Autonomous Car Progress

Hate to break it to you but Krispy Cremes are nasty they taste like raw dough... raw dough then soaked in water and dipped in crusty sugar-- no idea why anyone likes that garbage. Dunkin is fine if you need a chain that's mostly everywhere, but anything legit good will be a narrower find.

teslamotorsclub.com

I feel like Cruise should keep the safety drivers in the cars until they resolve these issues, especially since there are so many.

These incidents give AVs a bad name because it makes people think that AVs are super dumb and not ready for prime time. I think there is a general expectation from the public that AVs should at least be able to handle scenarios that human drivers can handle. And I don't think the public really differentiates between different AV companies. So when they see a Cruise stall, they just generalize it to all AVs.

 

[diplomat33]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1692240495408259505

 

[spacecoin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1692240495408259505

These things are on rails and will never work if the map is wrong.

 

[diplomat33]

These things are on rails and will never work if the map is wrong.

If anyone tries that silly myth, just send them that clip to prove them wrong.

It shows the Waymo is able to adapt on the fly. Pretty impressive IMO!

 

[diplomat33]

Driving in Chandler is pretty boring but this is another nice video by JJ Ricks.

00:00 Off we go!… what
00:55 The most awkward pitch of all time (sorry)
01:05 Unprotected right
03:00 Protected left
04:05 Absolutely insane double lane change
06:05 Very good unprotected right
06:45 Double lane change
10:55 Right through a yellow light
11:40 Return of the phantom windshield wipers
12:32 Super aggressive overtake dude
17:40 Smoothly keeping distance from a truck
18:50 Unprotected left, really cutting it close
21:20 Tricky unprotected left
21:30 Weird dead end alley, tight clearance

That double lane change at 4:05 was super NICE! The unprotected left at 18:50 was very confident too IMO.

 

[diplomat33]

On Reddit, Brad Templeton posted this:

That's a little bit sneaky, Waymo, to make such a direct dig at Cruise. This is, of course, the exact location where a Cruise drove into the wet cement. But it's a different time so we can't be sure how the equipment and cones were configured when the Cruise screwed it up.

So apparently, that Waymo clip is from the same location (but different time) from where the Cruise drove into the wet cement. So Waymo is making a dig at Cruise by showing that their AV can handle that location and can adapt to the construction zone.

 

[diplomat33]

Nice chill clips of various Waymo drives in SF:

 

[ThomasD]

Did Waymo actually cross the Bridge?

 

[diplomat33]

That's a lot of objects on the visualization!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1692966473902219393

 

[diplomat33]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1693326770358063115

 

[diplomat33]

00:00 Off we go once more!
00:00 Same weird dead end alley but in reverse
01:05 Very very impressive unprotected left
03:57 Nice cones demo
06:10 Teeny bit of reactive braking for truck that jumps out of the opposite lane
11:05 Protected left
13:15 Squeezing past a truck, shifting in the lane
16:25 Unprotected left
17:35 Stop sign unprotected left

01:05 is a lot like Chuck's unprotected left turn scenario. We see Waymo handle it great!