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I mean, they're Google -- I'm guessing they're pulling out their "pointcloud of the entire world" for this one. The first point is a great one, tho; rideshare c
by bbor 2y ago
I mean, they're Google -- I'm guessing they're pulling out their "pointcloud of the entire world" for this one. The first point is a great one, tho; rideshare companies exist by offloading as much cost as possible onto their employees, and even then barely make it work.
Plus, at least some of the Waymos are super-fancy Jaguars -- tho it looks like roughly 20K Jaguars to 65K Chrysler minivans, according to Wikipedia. Still, they're all brand new vehicles; even with bulk discount, that can't be cheap.
- jeffbee 2y agoWaymo does not have 85k cars lol. In their latest CPUC report they only have 480 cars in California and that is their biggest market by far. If they had 85k cars and only 175k rides per week that would be the worst business in the history of businessing.
- yellowstuff 2y agoIt looks like they contracted to buy "up to" 20,000 Jaguars: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/27/waymo-self-driving-taxis-jaguar-land-rover https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/27/waymo-sel... Pretty effective press release! Nothing in it is untrue, but it's obviously misleading even to careful readers.
- cozzyd 2y agoYes, and I have up to 20,000 jaguars in my garage. (ok, I don't even have a garage...)