Waymo: Google's self-driving car company

Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company by emmett on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @01:58PM (#13169589)

Do you really think it hasn't occurred to WayMo/Google that maybe they should test their cars in snow/rain/sleet/fog/confetti?

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Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company by bambax on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @02:13PM (#13169768)

Well, they only tested in US cities, so it's unclear what has occurred to them. How will it work in small crowded streets in India, China, or just Italy?

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Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company by DrScump on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @02:16PM (#13169794)

Or Boston?

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Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company by thebspatrol on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @04:14PM (#13171094)

They are a US company, after all, who generally aims to release their innovative products and services in the US first, and the US has comparatively predictable and routine driving compared to other major countries.

Why not walk before running? Especially when this is a technology that is heavily driven by machine learning?

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Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company by IshKebab on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @02:59PM (#13170343)

I agree it is unlikely to work on non-US roads for a while but I can't really blame them for starting in the easiest conditions. It doesn't have to work everywhere at the outset to be useful.

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Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company by drakonandor on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @03:34PM (#13170704)

Who says it has to?

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Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company by revelation on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @02:09PM (#13169720)

I'm sure it has. I'm not sure they have.

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