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"Only" 74,000 miles in driverless mode. That is less than I expected. Executive Summary https://storage.googleapis.com/sdc-prod/v1/safety-report/Waymo-Safety
by Jabbles 6y ago
"Only" 74,000 miles in driverless mode.
That is less than I expected.
Executive Summary
https://storage.googleapis.com/sdc-prod/v1/safety-report/Waymo-Safety-Methodologies-and-Readiness-Determinations.pdf https://storage.googleapis.com/sdc-prod/v1/safety-report/Way...
- bgee 6y agoGoogle engineer not working on Waymo, opinions are my own. I think "driverless" here is different from "self-driving", i.e. 'Waymo uses “driverless” here to refer to operations in which the ADS controls the vehicle for the entire trip without a human driver (whether in the vehicle or at a remote location) expected to assume any part of the driving task.' at page 5 of that report. I think this driverless mode is only available to public on Oct 8th [0]. [0]: https://blog.waymo.com/2020/10/waymo-is-opening-its-fully-driverless.html https://blog.waymo.com/2020/10/waymo-is-opening-its-fully-dr...
- Jabbles 6y agoThat's how I interpreted it too, but I'm still surprised it's not 10x. I would have thought that paying the drivers is a major expense, and collecting "real" data 24/7 would be a priority.