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Re:Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco by gnicholas on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @09:52PM (#40795662)
> Unsupervised in what sense?

Unsupervised in the sense that there's no driver there to clean the car when it gets dirty. At the same time, presumably part of the odor of an uber comes from the driver, so that helps. I wonder if waymos roll down the window (weather permitting) between riders, to air it out. Might be dangerous at a red light, since people could throw stuff in or even dive in through open windows.

Re:Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco by browningstreet on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @01:10AM (#40796609)
Or, maybe.. when the Waymo cars return to the depot periodically during the day.

https://youtu.be/3QZ3e7mWD9E?si=CbP063vAtrnOTihp

Re:Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco by gnicholas on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @02:15AM (#40796929)
Makes sense if they're nearby frequently, but if vehicles are serving larger areas, that would happen less often.
Re:Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco by dgoldstein0 on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @03:05AM (#40797168)
They may have multiple depots in the larger area. Maybe spread further apart though
Re:Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco by gnicholas on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @03:26AM (#40797282)
True! Presumably they'd refuel the vehicles in these places as well. The number of depots would depend on how much time you want to waste having vehicles driving out-of-direction and (1) the cost of additional real estate plus (2) the cost of employees at each location.
Re:Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco by BtM909 on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @10:42AM (#40800672)
They're electric cars, so I assume they don't need to be juiced up in between rides.
Re:Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco by ac29 on Thursday June 27, 2024 @06:15PM (#40815770)
The service runs 24/7, the vehicles certainly have to be out of service to charge at some point.