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

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303 points nharada | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 16:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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NullHypothesist ◴[12 Nov 25 16:24 UTC] No.45902077[source]▶
This is a huge sign of confidence that they think they can do this safely and at scale... Freeways might appear "easy" on the surface, but there are all sorts of long tail edge-cases that make them insanely tricky to do confidently without a driver. This will unlock a lot for them with all of the smaller US cities (where highways are essential) they've announced plans for over the next year or so.
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lumens ◴[12 Nov 25 17:14 UTC] No.45902757[source]▶
Perhaps more a reaction to pressure from Tesla; the latest FSD builds show full autonomy is coming very soon. Without highway driving, Waymo would quickly be seen as a distant second in the race when the safety driver is removed from Robotaxis in Austin (supposedly before EOY 2025).
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eloncuck ◴[12 Nov 25 17:26 UTC] No.45902914[source]▶
You Tesla/Elon stans crack me up. "2 more weeks" has been the claim for literal decades at this point.
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lumens ◴[12 Nov 25 17:32 UTC] No.45903017[source]▶
Truly curious - have you tried it recently?
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1. TulliusCicero ◴[12 Nov 25 22:37 UTC] No.45907860[source]▶
This is how the Tesla superfans treat every single new FSD version.

FSD 18 is out, 17 is garbage for babies, 18 is amazing! Wait, 19 just released, why are you still talking about 18, that shit was never gonna work, it's 19 that's nearly at unsupervised driving! Wait a second, 20 just came out...