Why “Waymo” is being discussed
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>they do track object across video frames which for me it's the minimum a system like this should do. All previous FSD systems are just Fake self-driving. I'm pretty sure Waymo…
by danielbarla · Sep 10, 2026
> The motorcyclist fell to the ground to the left side of the Waymo, then another car tried to pass the Waymo and struck the motorcyclist, killing them. That other driver fled t…
by Simon_O_Rourke · Sep 10, 2026
If we want to get closer to the "real" number, we would also need to account for mechanic failures of the car, wildlife, and suicide. We don't usually attribute people jumping i…
by belorn · Sep 10, 2026
Waymo is first to market by retrofitting a bunch of Jaguars nobody else would buy. They can keep that arbitrage up for a while.
by whateveracct · Sep 10, 2026
> Waymo FSD is obviously more advanced than Tesla, but they will lose out to both Tesla and Rivian when it comes to manufacturing Maybe I misunderstand what you mean but the car…
by close04 · Sep 10, 2026
And those CDL drivers go at speed limit because they have to cover as much distance as possible, meanwhile Waymo and similar driverless tech frequently go 10km/h below spee…
by pbkompasz · Sep 10, 2026
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Waymo LLC is an American autonomous driving technology company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company. As of June 2026, Waymo operates public commercial robotaxi services in 10 US metropolitan areas, has 3,871 robotaxis in service, provides 500,000 paid rides per week and had logged 200 million fully autonomous miles. Read more on Wikipedia