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Considering Waymo has had almost a year of no-one-in-driverseat service in Phoenix, I would say they are overall ahead, even though that's not in SF specificall
by ehsankia 5y ago
Considering Waymo has had almost a year of no-one-in-driverseat service in Phoenix, I would say they are overall ahead, even though that's not in SF specifically. Being first to driverless in SF also shows that. They are definitely taking things very very carefully, as they know a single major accident is all it takes to set them back years.
- AlotOfReading 5y agoThe first to driverless in SF was Cruise, who's had a public driverless program running there for a few months, albeit at night.
- avthrowaway35 5y agoI think it’s “public” in air quotes - technically non-Cruise employees have taken rides, but it doesn’t seem like they’re pulling people organically from the waitlist. It’s mostly local influencers or Cruise investors in the few videos I’ve seen that aren’t Cruise employees.
- AlotOfReading 5y agoThey're pretty limited by the number of vehicles they have available and resources to support them. Even employees have trouble accessing the program due to the lack of vehicles and the waitlist is in the tens of thousands of people. I imagine they prioritized influencers or actual users since they can't possibly meet total demand.
- spikels 5y agoWaymo is “public” in the same sense. The general public can’t just request a ride.
- ehsankia 5y agoPeople who have zero connection to Google or Waymo have gotten in the program and used the service for months. Waymo also removed any sort of NDA allowing people to post videos of the full experience, hence all the videos on Youtube. Lastly, I would still say "10 PM and 6 AM at a maximum speed of 30 MPH" is quite a major restriction compared to what Waymo can do.