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California DMV approves map increase in Waymo driverless operations

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207 points NullHypothesist | 3 comments | 21 Nov 25 22:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source
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pfooti ◴[22 Nov 25 00:00 UTC] No.46010586[source]▶
Looking forward to the highway expansion next. I had to get from mountain view to san francisco yesterday, and waymo was _able_ to do this trip, it was going to take several hours and get routed up el camino real the whole way. Luckily I was standing very close to a caltrain station when I needed the ride, so i just caltrained, and then waymo'd from the SF station to where i needed to be.
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CamelCaseName ◴[22 Nov 25 00:04 UTC] No.46010625[source]▶
Highway expansion is already here in many areas! Waymo has been laying the groundwork for this rapid rollout for so many years and it's amazing to see it all come together.
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1. smlacy ◴[22 Nov 25 00:21 UTC] No.46010742[source]▶
What's the pricing like? Taking an Uber/Lyft all the way from Mountain View to SF is outrageously expensive, I presume Waymo is the same?
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2. astrange ◴[22 Nov 25 00:28 UTC] No.46010793[source]▶
Lyft from MV to SF is like $100 I think? It's definitely not enjoyable but for Bay Area prices it's not ruinously expensive.

You /should/ be able to save by using shared rides, but in practice when I tried the driver was so mad they just dumped me on the side of the road and I had to call and get a refund.

The new Caltrain schedule isn't half bad though, if it came twice as often on the weekends we'd be cooking.

3. uranium ◴[22 Nov 25 00:37 UTC] No.46010852[source]▶
Waymo's usually something like 50% more expensive than Lyft in SF, in my experience. But the drivers don't tailgate, have colds, listen to your conversation (AFAIK)...I'll generally opt for Waymo now if I have a choice. The biggest problem I have is that it's usually a longer wait due to the smaller fleet size, but if I'm planning ahead, I'll just book one for a given time, and that takes care of it.