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First reason - doors won’t close themselves.
by cryptoegorophy 2y ago
First reason - doors won’t close themselves.
- wilsonnb3 2y agoThat is true, although they could add that to a model 3. I wonder how Waymo deals with it.
- bagels 2y agoYou close the door yourself, and open it yourself. I was horrified to discover this.
- cryptoegorophy 2y agoWhat?? What if you don’t close it and just leave? I mean this will happen.
- bagels 2y agoIn San Francisco? You're probably liable for all the property damage that happens next. I wasn't brave enough to find out.
- agildehaus 2y agoTheir cars currently produce an audible request to close the doors. In practice it doesn't happen often, I've never seen it happen in person. They also have support just minutes away usually. The Zeekr vehicle they're testing now, and presumably the Hyundai they're starting to develop, will have self-closing doors.
- echoangle 2y agoWell they know who booked the ride, so they will probably charge you for it or block you from riding again.
- sangnoir 2y agoThey'd also have multi-camera high definition video and a LIDAR point cloud of the rider not closing the door and walking away.
- jezzamon 2y agoIt just sits there asking for help: https://x.com/WholeMarsBlog/status/1712009158210519474?s=19 https://x.com/WholeMarsBlog/status/1712009158210519474?s=19
- pcbro141 2y agoYou just close the door when you exit the Waymo lol.
- Animats 2y agoThe next generation of Waymo vehicles, based on the Hyundai Ioniq 5, will have powered doors.[1] [1] https://waymo.com/blog/2024/10/waymo-and-hyundai-enter-partnership/ https://waymo.com/blog/2024/10/waymo-and-hyundai-enter-partn...
- saturn8601 2y agoI've heard in the past that the OEMs don't want to be relegated to being just some whitebox manufacturer so many of them have been very cold (in receptiveness) to working with Waymo. Probably explains the terrible selection of vehicles they have used, Chrysler Pacifica minivan, Jaguar i-Pace, the ionic 5 was surprising since I suspected the others were just OEMs offloading their turds onto Waymo and telling them to take a hike. Maybe Hyundai is getting something good in exchange.
- conradev 2y agoHuh? Hyundai has Tesla-tier automated factories that churn out EVs, and they’re building plants around the world. I don’t think they care who buys their cars. Tesla sold a bunch of cars to Hertz which turned out to be terrible for Hertz, but great for Tesla.
- saturn8601 2y ago>Huh? Hyundai has Tesla-tier automated factories that churn out EVs, and they’re building plants around the world. I don’t think they care who buys their cars. They very much care if they are selling their cars to an entity that is striving to make them irrelevant. Think about it: If the world moves to a car sharing system where any type of car is available on demand and no one actually owns a car, do you think anyone will actually give one hoot about the badge on the front of the car? That puts manufacturers into the worst possible business model. Competing solely on price...ie a commodity. So the manufacturers will either not want to work with them, give them whatever junk they can't sell and then tell them to go away...or they expect to get something big in return maybe like some technology sharing or a exclusive partnership. Why else has Waymo partnered with the bottom of the barrel OEMs up to this point? Why not a Toyota or a Mercedes or hell even get the good cars from the OEMs they have partnered with?
- porphyra 2y agoThe Waymo car has a speaker that tells you to close the door lol.
- echoangle 2y agoIf Tesla pivots to this later, fans will be like „The best part is no part, that’s so genius!“
- thefourthchime 2y agoWhy is this a requirement?
- m463 2y agoGood thought. The upward opening doors will also be able to open anywhere, and for anyone, even with canes or bags/luggage.