Self-driving Waymos secure final clearance for expansion beyond S.F

Re:Self-driving Waymos secure final clearance for expansion ... by Arete314159 on Friday June 21, 2024 @10:27PM (#40755698)

How are the starts / stops? Jerky? I have c-spine issues. That's my main concern.

Why are they more expensive? I hoped they would be cheaper without a driver to compensate.

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Re:Self-driving Waymos secure final clearance for expansion ... by markerz on Friday June 21, 2024 @10:38PM (#40755771)

Extremely smooth! I can't comment on the c-spine issues but I'd argue that it's the smoothest driver I've ever experienced. Surely they have some math in their AI driving code that clamps acceleration and jerkiness. It's NOTHING like Tesla Full Self Driving, which I find to be incredibly jerky for both steering and acceleration.

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Re:Self-driving Waymos secure final clearance for expansion ... by senordevnyc on Friday June 21, 2024 @10:47PM (#40755818)

Why are they more expensive?

Likely because they're not pricing based on their costs, but rather what the market will bear.

Although they have a lot of R&D to recoup, so that's a cost.

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Re:Self-driving Waymos secure final clearance for expansion ... by dventimi on Saturday June 22, 2024 @07:23AM (#40758167)

Also, perhaps it's a consequence of limited supply. If the SF fleet is still just 250 cars that seems quite small to me for a city with a lot of demand for ride services.

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Re:Self-driving Waymos secure final clearance for expansion ... by whimsicalism on Saturday June 22, 2024 @02:23AM (#40756813)

much smoother than the sf uber teslas that all have jerky regenerative braking on

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