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Basic unanswered questions: - How many seats? - Is there a steering wheel at all?
by Animats 2y ago
Basic unanswered questions:
- How many seats?
- Is there a steering wheel at all?
- frankchn 2y agoIf this is the model (https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a45711737/zeekr-cm1e-waymo-autonomous-taxi/ https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a45711737/zeekr-cm1e-waymo...) then 5 passenger seats, no steering wheel (in the photos at least).
- slimsag 2y agothe zeekr model is indeed being tested; however it does have a steering wheel (and the article you linked mentions this.) The steering wheel is required by law in various places, and is also needed because when Waymo's get stuck they send people out in trucks to 'complete the trip', unstuck the car manually, etc.
- Animats 2y agoToo bad. The unused driver position wastes so much space inside the vehicle.
- choppaface 2y agoArticle says yes steering wheel until regulatory approval. There’s also a 100% tax on Chinese cars imported to the US, so hard to say if this demo is a realistic model.
- Animats 2y agoFrom China? Does Waymo have to pay the 100% tariff on electric cars from China? (Detroit is terrified of EVs from China. Detroit went all-in on "more crap per car" and much higher price points. Consumers didn't go for it. Meanwhile, there are good US$25,000 EVs from China from multiple manufacturers. Even Tesla says they want to make one.)
- daemonologist 2y agoIf they're using the pictured CM1e, five seats. The concept had no steering wheel but my understanding is that the laws in a lot of places require one to be present (even if they don't require a human to be sitting in the driver's seat) so the production version might have one.