Waymo has raised $3B in the last two months

Re:Waymo has raised $3B in the last two months by oneiftwo on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @10:44PM (#23162901)

I expect we will see gradual conversion of roads to be more amenable to autonomous driving - barriers for pedestrians, special markings, etc - and autonomous zones will become more and more commonplace.

On the other hand I think with the collapse of the economy and skyrocketing unemployment, the price for a human driver may plummet. Remains to be seen if the increased demand in deliveries is enough to offset the voids left in the rest of the economy.

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Re:Waymo has raised $3B in the last two months by bradlys on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @12:53AM (#23163594)

I don’t see it happening for the US that way. The increased cost of infrastructure would probably be too much? Unless the US figures out how to lower construction/maintenance costs reliably, I don’t see those features being added. It feels like we’re already pretty low on features... It takes years for faded lines to be repainted on the road.

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Re:Waymo has raised $3B in the last two months by Retric on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @09:13PM (#23174004)

Long term Autonomous cars are likely to need less markings or barriers than normal drivers not more. Why have road signs when updating a database somewhere is cheaper? We are at the stage of people in the 1960’s talking about long term computer trends.

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