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Kinda surprised they stop... When you have a self-driving system that costs $200k+, you want to keep it running and collecting data as much as possible - pas
by londons_explore 3y ago
Kinda surprised they stop... When you have a self-driving system that costs $200k+, you want to keep it running and collecting data as much as possible - passenger or no passenger.
The added tyre wear is going to be tiny compared to the interest payments on all that expensive hardware and engineers salaries.
- notatoad 3y agoprobably more about stretching their battery than anything else. if it roams around between trips it's going to have fewer customers per charge cycle.
- londons_explore 3y agoBut when roaming around at like 10 mph average round the city, it can presumably do a full 18+ hour day on a single charge. Electric cars are super efficient in urban environments.
- throwaway2037 3y agoI never thought about the charging problem. In SF, where do Waymo cars charge themselves?
- londons_explore 3y agoThey have awaymo garage where a human manually plugs them in to charge.
- notatoad 3y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbwUgApj0s8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbwUgApj0s8
- xnx 3y agoIt probably make sense to pre-position them to the spot most likely to reduce time to pick up the next predicted passenger.