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Re:Waymo CEO Says Alphabet Unit Plans to Launch Driverless C... by jonas21 on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @07:32PM (#18446261)
How is that a click-bait headline? Waymo is launching a commercial driverless car service, just as the headline says.

Of course they're starting in one of the easier places to operate driverless cars. Why would they introduce more risk than necessary to the launch of an extremely complex new technology?

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Re:Waymo CEO Says Alphabet Unit Plans to Launch Driverless C... by ehsankia on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @01:48AM (#18448050)
The title refers to this very specific bit:

> It will operate under a new brand and compete directly with Uber and Lyft.

It wasn't clear until now what the plan was, if they would start their own service or run their cars inside the Lyft/Uber network. The fact that they will start a new service with a new name is pretty big news, and therefore not click bait.

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Re:Waymo CEO Says Alphabet Unit Plans to Launch Driverless C... by CPLX on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @06:49AM (#18449170)
> Waymo is launching a commercial driverless car service, just as the headline says.

When this launches, will the cars have drivers in them?

That’s how you can tell if it’s a driverless car.

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