Waymo Driverless Taxis - Updates and Discussion

[冖_冖]

LOL...you are simply proving Chinese EVs are not banned in the US.

China just wants to cry high import taxes are "unfair" even though they slapped foreign car imports with a 100% luxury tax for decades.

“…………The China-sourced Zeekr platforms have been imported from China as so-called “glider” chassis. Waymo pays a tariff on those imports, but it is not affected by U.S. regulations restricting the import of Chinese cars because they are not sold to retail customers.”

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

“…………The China-sourced Zeekr platforms have been imported from China as so-called “glider” chassis. Waymo pays a tariff on those imports, but it is not affected by U.S. regulations restricting the import of Chinese cars because they are not sold to retail customers.”

yes, you are again confirming imported Chinese EVs are not banned in the US...contrary to the narrative sold by Chinese PDF members...who keep repeating over and over and over "Chinese EVs are banned".

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Heard about this. Phoenix is one of the markets with expanded service.

uh oh

Waymo halts freeway rides after robotaxis struggle in construction zones | TechCrunch

The service suspension comes as Waymo has also paused operations in Atlanta and San Antonio after its robotaxis drove into flooded streets.

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Waymo halts freeway rides after robotaxis struggle in construction zones​

Waymo has suspended robotaxi service on freeways in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Miami as it works to improve performance in construction zones, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday.

Waymo said it’s in the process of integrating “recent technical learnings into our software and expect to resume these routes soon.” Waymo robotaxis are still operating on surface streets in those cities.

but it has LiDAR and RADAR and over 9 years of experience....that makes Tesla FSD a joke (even though 10's of thousands of Tesla owners have been putting it through highway construction scenarios every day for YEARS)

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

uh oh

Waymo halts freeway rides after robotaxis struggle in construction zones | TechCrunch

The service suspension comes as Waymo has also paused operations in Atlanta and San Antonio after its robotaxis drove into flooded streets.

techcrunch.com

Waymo halts freeway rides after robotaxis struggle in construction zones​

but it has LiDAR and RADAR and over 9 years of experience....that makes Tesla FSD a joke (even though 10's of thousands of Tesla owners have been putting it through highway construction scenarios every day for YEARS)

Not surprised. As someone who designed and managed traffic control in construction zones for a number of years, it's not as static as some would like to think.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Not surprised. As someone who designed and managed traffic control in construction zones for a number of years, it's not as static as some would like to think.

Remember Waymo uses millimeter radar to pre-map streets before driving on them. That made them lazy in prepping for weird scenarios while Tesla treats every scenario as new.

 

[Watandar]

Media is making a big deal out of this but I don't see it as a huge issue. Just teething problems. This is a use-case that Waymo engineers may have not thought about yet.

Waymo pauses driverless car service in Atlanta and Texas ahead of potentially dangerous storms

Waymo has suspended driverless car services in Atlanta and Texas after one of its vehicles was stranded by flooding during heavy rains that will likely also hinder travel in a large swath of the U.S over the holiday weekend.

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[AZ_HighCountry]

Media is making a big deal out of this but I don't see it as a huge issue. Just teething problems. This is a use-case that Waymo engineers may have not thought about yet.

Waymo pauses driverless car service in Atlanta and Texas ahead of potentially dangerous storms

Waymo has suspended driverless car services in Atlanta and Texas after one of its vehicles was stranded by flooding during heavy rains that will likely also hinder travel in a large swath of the U.S over the holiday weekend.

apnews.com

Agreed 100%.

Regardless of the hundreds of thousands of hours FSD vehicles have been out there, it is still in its infancy. Situations such as this confirm there is a long way to go.

 

[冖_冖]

Spotted in Detroit: Chinese-made minivan could ferry Waymo riders here

Waymo is testing the Ojai, an electric model made by China's Geely, in cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles and Austin.

www.detroitnews.com

Waymo LLC, Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous ride-sharing brand, plans to expand its service to Detroit later this year. But a recent vehicle sighting by The Detroit News suggests the Motor City fleet will include Waymo’s latest vehicle: a China-sourced minivan.

Called the Waymo Ojai, the electric minivan shares the so-called SEA-M architecture platform with the Zeekr C1Me and RT vehicles built by Chinese automaker Geely.

Waymo Ojai is an autonomous, electric minivan built on a Geely platform

Waymo Ojai EV being spied testing in Detroit

Waymo opens Ojai robotaxis to select riders as company aims to lower cost of fleet expansion

Alphabet's Waymo is adding new vehicles to its fleet of public robotaxis and is opening up its roomier Ojai vehicles to some riders.

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Waymo opens Ojai robotaxis to select riders as company aims to lower cost of fleet expansion​

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Waymo is starting to offer select customers rides in its new Ojai robotaxis, which are designed to work better in snowier conditions and are cheaper to manufacture than the company’s older fleet of cars.

Rides will be available to some public passengers in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix, before opening up in San Diego, Las Vegas and Denver this summer, Waymo said in a statement on Thursday.

Alphabet’s self-driving division already had 100 Ojai vehicles on the road as part of its almost 4,000-car fleet. The company will have thousands of Ojai cars on the road by the end of the year, Ryan Powell, Waymo’s head of design, told CNBC in an interview.

The vehicles, integrating new hardware and software, are made by China’s Geely, and cost significantly less to manufacture than earlier Waymo cars made by Jaguar and others. The Ojai robotaxis require fewer costly cameras and sensors than the previous Jaguar I-PACE vehicles.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Waymo opens Ojai robotaxis to select riders as company aims to lower cost of fleet expansion

Alphabet's Waymo is adding new vehicles to its fleet of public robotaxis and is opening up its roomier Ojai vehicles to some riders.

www.cnbc.com

Waymo opens Ojai robotaxis to select riders as company aims to lower cost of fleet expansion​

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Waymo is starting to offer select customers rides in its new Ojai robotaxis, which are designed to work better in snowier conditions and are cheaper to manufacture than the company’s older fleet of cars.

Rides will be available to some public passengers in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix, before opening up in San Diego, Las Vegas and Denver this summer, Waymo said in a statement on Thursday.

Alphabet’s self-driving division already had 100 Ojai vehicles on the road as part of its almost 4,000-car fleet. The company will have thousands of Ojai cars on the road by the end of the year, Ryan Powell, Waymo’s head of design, told CNBC in an interview.

The vehicles, integrating new hardware and software, are made by China’s Geely, and cost significantly less to manufacture than earlier Waymo cars made by Jaguar and others. The Ojai robotaxis require fewer costly cameras and sensors than the previous Jaguar I-PACE vehicles.

I have already seen one of these minivans on the streets of Phoenix.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Waymo reportedly mulling a breakup with Uber | TechCrunch

The contract between the two companies ends in May 2028, Uber told TechCrunch.

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Waymo reportedly mulling a breakup with Uber​

Waymo is reportedly looking for a way out of its deal with Uber, which has made the Alphabet-owned company’s robotaxis available on the ride-hailing giant’s network in Austin and Atlanta, according to the Financial Times.

Waymo already told Uber that it intends to offer robotaxis on its own app in those markets starting in January 2028 and alongside the existing offering, the ride-hail giant told TechCrunch on Friday. Uber said the contract with Waymo that covers Austin and Atlanta ends in May 2028. The two companies already split in Phoenix earlier this year, as TechCrunch first reported.