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  • Saw a Waymo test car in Munich recently. Guess they will start operations in EU from here soon.
    by lapkaaaa
  • Will be interesting how it handles the tougher climate conditions.

    Montreal would be the ultimate test, both climatically and just for navigating sheer chaos. Those Roadster jets may finally make a smooth ride throughout the whole of the city possible.

    by fidotron
  • When I read these threads, I sometimes wonder if I was the only person to have a positive/unproblematic experience with Waymo
    by joshuat
  • Took my first Waymo in Austin, TX last weekend and it did not go well. Was supposed to be a 9 minute drive, then randomly it tells us the ride has been 'slightly extended' to 45 minutes. Customer support dropped us off at a restaurant and said sorry. We ordered a human Uber.

    Honestly the last thing I thought would happen would be that it would get lost. I thought maybe it would get confused on the road, but it drove better than most human drivers.

    by tcoop25
  • I note the Toronto announcement cites job creation in the very first sentence. I live near another snowy city where Waymo has been teased, but has yet to have any significant presence:

    https://waymo.com/blog/shorts/back-to-boston/

    There apparently is a concerted effort to deny Waymo the legislative changes it needs, driven by a concern about job loss:

    https://autonomousboston.com/massachusetts/waymo-opposition

    by ilamont
  • Torontonian here. Our traffic gridlock is among the top 10 worst in the world for major urban centres, and I think you have to be a bit of a lunatic to drive into the city core. There are simply too many large-footprint vehicles clogging our streets, which were never designed for the volumes we now see. Rather than adding more vehicles (driverless or otherwise), Toronto needs more investment and prioritization of public transit and cycling infrastructure.
    by Djonckheere
  • Waymo experience in San Francisco has always been awesome for me as a passenger.
    by tpurves
  • I happened to drive past 2 of them in Tokyo a couple of weeks ago. One was making a left turn into an alley, another was on the otherwise of the road so I never got to see how they actually drove but I giddily squealed like a happy pig rolling in the mud WAYMO! as I tried explaining to my shocked wife wtf was going on. It's been so long since I've had this feel of wonder when seeing technology.

    I'm so going to ride in one once they're open to the public.

    by SenHeng

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