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This concept is like cold fusion. There's talk, there's a company doing this, research doing that, and then nothing. Companies disappear. Cycle repeats. Unt
by imchillyb 3y ago
This concept is like cold fusion. There's talk, there's a company doing this, research doing that, and then nothing. Companies disappear. Cycle repeats.
Until there's a production line, and actual vehicle orders this remains a cyclical news item with no real results behind it.
- dboreham 3y agoTBF it's probably more like hot fusion: it'll happen sometime, but probably not in our lifetimes, in light (sic) of the existence proof from the sun and thermonuclear weapons. CF may be impossible.
- TulliusCicero 3y agoWaymo has fully driverless rides open to the public in two cities. Progress is slow and incremental, but it's there. Trucking may be a bit slower because of the liability of a huge truck, but it'll come eventually.
- eklitzke 3y agoThree cities now, they recently added Los Angeles.
- TulliusCicero 3y agoNo, LA doesn't have fully driverless rides open to the public yet, as far as I understand it, though it sounds like they're coming soon: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/waymo-la-california-sf-los-angeles-rcna135335 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/waymo-la-california-...