> A commercial service that only operates in the middle of the night would not be very successful. I doubt they're going straight for the meatiest market. A co

> A commercial service that only operates in the middle of the night would not be very successful. I doubt they're going straight for the meatiest market. A commercial service of any sort would be a huge coup for a self-driving car co (as the Tempe launch was for Waymo). In SF's case, it also provides a foothold in a market that's actually economically sustainable. Once the technology reaches the point where more complex and crowded scenes can be handled safely, expanding is relatively trivial compared to spinning up from scratch.