Waymo has asked to serve large reasons in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Perhaps big enough for real experiments in car replacement, which is where robotaxis must go
Just goes to show how difficult it is making anything different or novel. We’re such a tech adapted society, anything new has to replace something we already have and use. It’s not like the first cars or the first computers or cell phones that we just added to our lives. I never thought about it from this perspective.
That would put my home in the service area and I'll finally get to try one out. I wish I could hear the discussions about what the limits are to making the service area larger. I doubt it's the state of the hardware on the car. Maybe they're limited on some "fine tuning" needed in an area and can only roll out slowly? Maybe they're supply constrained on the number of the cars that can be put on the road? Maybe they're capital constrained to buy those cars? Maybe a bit of all of this?
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John Lazear
Tue, 2024-01-23 16:55
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Great write up!
Just goes to show how difficult it is making anything different or novel. We’re such a tech adapted society, anything new has to replace something we already have and use. It’s not like the first cars or the first computers or cell phones that we just added to our lives. I never thought about it from this perspective.
Kevin Postlewaite
Sat, 2024-02-10 10:56
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Rollout Can't Happen Fast Enough
That would put my home in the service area and I'll finally get to try one out. I wish I could hear the discussions about what the limits are to making the service area larger. I doubt it's the state of the hardware on the car. Maybe they're limited on some "fine tuning" needed in an area and can only roll out slowly? Maybe they're supply constrained on the number of the cars that can be put on the road? Maybe they're capital constrained to buy those cars? Maybe a bit of all of this?
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