Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco

Re:Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco by golergka on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @11:35AM (#30856609)

They also told us we were supposed to have mass produced electric cards in 5 years 30 years ago.

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Re:Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco by signatoremo on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @11:48AM (#30856814)

First time I heard of this. Who promised this 30 years ago?

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Re:Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco by reportingsjr on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @12:04PM (#30857086)

That would have been right around the time of the gm ev1.

A lot of people were expecting electric cars to kick off right after that, so OP's claim is not unreasonable.

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Re:Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco by signatoremo on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @02:12PM (#30858749)

We’re talking about promise, not expectation. I don’t recall GM promised electric car mass production within 5 years of EV1.

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Re:Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco by jliptzin on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @12:21PM (#30857332)

But with that you also had other fossil fuel companies working hard to make sure that didn't happen

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Re:Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco by nradov on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @12:29PM (#30857453)

Please explain how fossil fuel companies can keep auto manufacturers from selling electric cars? The reality is that the biggest obstacle continues to be the high cost of battery raw materials.

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