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Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City

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597 points achristmascarl | 4 comments | 22 Aug 25 17:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
1. nickpinkston ◴[22 Aug 25 17:37 UTC] No.44987332[source]▶
Is this the first time Waymo is doing winter / snow testing at scale?

I think some of the Pittsburgh-based self-driving firms may have tried this, but unaware how far they got.

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2. bryanlarsen ◴[22 Aug 25 17:39 UTC] No.44987354[source]▶
Waymo has done some winter testing in Buffalo NY.
3. Workaccount2 ◴[22 Aug 25 17:40 UTC] No.44987362[source]▶
We'll see what happens when there is snow in the forecast. They might just call them all back for the storm.
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4. nickpinkston ◴[22 Aug 25 19:42 UTC] No.44988950[source]▶
Yea, that's what I figured, but I also wonder how well anyone is driving in the slush and if the LIDAR / cameras are that disrupted by snow / ice / salt.