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Cruise is running _driverlessly_ at nighttime. Like Waymo, they're driving autonomously 24/7 around San Francisco, just with a safety driver. This new announce
by wutbrodo 5y ago
Cruise is running _driverlessly_ at nighttime. Like Waymo, they're driving autonomously 24/7 around San Francisco, just with a safety driver.
This new announcement doesn't specify their driverless hours. I suspect that they would have highlighted it if they were the first to be driving around SF in the daytime, just as they highlighted the first of being driverlessly deployed in multiple cities.
My guess (also in the industry) would be that Waymo combines Google's incredible technical skill with Google's incredible incompetence at focused execution. This is why they haven't had a milestone in a couple years since their deployment in Phoenix. I also think that this combination of strengths and weaknesses is a good fit for the AV industry.
- avthrowaway35 5y agoThey include footage of their drive without a safety operator and it’s in the middle of the day. https://youtu.be/O8TSA-X9UlU https://youtu.be/O8TSA-X9UlU
- jeffbee 5y agoI wonder what the little icon is that the Waymo viz is putting on top of those double-parked cars.
- CobrastanJorji 5y agoI'd guess you answered your own question. It's an icon of a car next to some car-shaped blobs, so "double parked" or "stopped in a traffic lane" sounds like a good guess.
- wutbrodo 5y agoYou are correct, and it says so in the article. Really not sure how I missed that. Sorry!