Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco

Re:Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco by miki123211 on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @07:17AM (#40798681)

I don't think it's such a bad idea, actually. There's value in having something that can drive in a "train", but that can also disconnect when needed and drive on its own.

If you're driving long distance, you get the advantages of a train, but door-to-door, with no scheduling conflicts and no egregious stop times. If your destination is 5 minutes away, it's still a car.

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Re:Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco by elbasti on Thursday June 27, 2024 @02:06PM (#40813301)

Or, you know, you could drive (or bike! or waymo!) to the local train station, which should have <30 min, well-scheduled, predictable headways to major cities, then take a train that goes 150+mph, and then drive (or bike! or waymo!) to your final destination, for _far_ less total energy expenditure.

Every car in a train-caravan is schlepping along its own engine, crumple zones, airbags....and with rubber tires...

...its frankly idiotic.

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