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Re:Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft – and people are ... by derektank on Sunday June 15, 2025 @12:57PM (#44283384)
Is any of the hardware on a Waymo vehicle proprietary to Waymo? I had sort of assumed they used off the shelf LIDAR and sensors from other manufacturers, and that their secret sauce was entirely in the software. If that's the case, I don't think there would be any risk of IP loss.
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Re:Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft – and people are ... by dilyevsky on Sunday June 15, 2025 @08:20PM (#44285804)
Waymo designed their lidars for sure (Velodynes before that). Cruise still relied heavily on Velodyne at least in my time there
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