maskedpaki t1_ivw9dgz wrote on November 11, 2022 at 1:54 AM

Reply to comment by ihateshadylandlords in Waymo launches the world's most advanced robo-taxi service. Rides can be hailed to go anywhere in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, 24/7, and with no safety driver by lughnasadh

These aren't tests

The tests with vetted passengers were already in downtown pheonix

This is a real FSD open to anyone 24/7 no safety driver service in downtown pheonix.

Self driving is here. Just a matter of expanding at this point.

ihateshadylandlords t1_ivwdqg0 wrote on November 11, 2022 at 2:28 AM

No it’s still in testing if it’s relegated to one city. Otherwise they would’ve rolled out to other cities.

maskedpaki t1_ivwez7j wrote on November 11, 2022 at 2:38 AM

So if I sell a product in one country it's undergoing a trial even if it's open to all customers there with no restrictions ?

By this definition most everything is "in testing "

Let's not play with semantics. This is a product. They obviously can't sell rides to 8 billion people overnight. That doesn't mean it's still in testing.

LeagueReplays2 t1_ivwl4xf wrote on November 11, 2022 at 3:28 AM

This isn't semantics, you're skimming over the actual significance of being in a single city. It's not just because they started thejre, their technology relies entirely on pre-programming the entire area the car is geofenced in into the car, and then continiously maintaining and updating it. It can't self-drive anywhere it wasn't pre-programmed to self drive in. For this reason, the technology is not likely to actually scale past working in a single metropolitan area.

Unbelievable_Girth t1_ivzgajh wrote on November 11, 2022 at 7:31 PM

But it's not meant to be used everywhere. If they set out with a goal to make a specific area viable to be driven, then they have accomplished that goal and are now selling their product. They can move to another area and then it would be considered "testing".

ihateshadylandlords t1_ivwfpmt wrote on November 11, 2022 at 2:44 AM

Is Waymo a company that intends to provide thejr service to one city only? Let’s face it, this is another step for the company. If all goes well, they’ll venture into other cities.