←back to thread

Waymo robotaxis are now giving rides on freeways in LA, SF and Phoenix

(techcrunch.com)
277 points nharada | 3 comments | 12 Nov 25 16:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.709s | source
Show context
t1234s ◴[12 Nov 25 19:15 UTC] No.45904761[source]▶
Can Waymo scale up its fleet fast enough to match Tesla?
replies(2): >>45907160 #>>45907666 #
1. ra7 ◴[12 Nov 25 21:41 UTC] No.45907160[source]▶
Can Tesla make its software autonomous enough to match Waymo?
replies(1): >>45908003 #
2. roman_soldier ◴[12 Nov 25 22:50 UTC] No.45908003[source]▶
Given Waymo are just now able to go on the highway which Tesla's have been doing for years they are already way ahead. Waymo won't exist this time next year they can't compete on scaling and price.
replies(1): >>45908099 #
3. inkysigma ◴[12 Nov 25 22:58 UTC] No.45908099[source]▶
If the standard for "going on the highway" is whatever Tesla is doing, then Waymo was able to go on highways in 2010 under the Chaffeur project. It turns out though that the reliability of actually being driverless is a pretty big gap and so no Tesla is not able to go the highway yet, at least not in the same sense.