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Waymo reports 250,000 paid robotaxi rides per week in U.S. (www.cnbc.com)
submitted 1 day ago by Wanderer@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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"Key Points

  • Alphabet reported Thursday that Waymo, its autonomous vehicle unit, is now delivering more than 250,000 paid robotaxi rides per week in the U.S.
  • That figure is up from 200,000 in February, before Waymo opened in Austin and expanded in the San Francisco Bay Area in March.
  • Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said Waymo is building partnerships with ride-hailing app Uber, automakers and operations and maintenance businesses that tend to its vehicle fleets."
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[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was just in SF and while I was waiting for my friend to arrive I watched maybe close to a dozen Waymos come up, drop their people off, and leave. I was very impressed, this was dense traffic downtown and every one of them handled it very gracefully.

[–] naonintendois@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My best experience was in SF on a day it was raining VERY heavily. Waymo blew me away compared to Tesla"a FSD, which would just tell you to take over in rain.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

That is entirely Elon's fault. He refuses to use anything but cameras. There was a time not too long ago when lidar also had trouble in rain but modern lidar does not.