Riding in a Self Driving Car - With Nobody Up Front | JJRicks Rides With Waymo #1
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN people share it as first-hand evidence that driverless Waymo rides were already happening, including navigating a busy mall parking lot.
What it is
JJRicks rides in Waymo's fully driverless Level 4 cars in Phoenix with nobody in the front seats, across two long rides. It is the first in a series of such ride videos.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2020 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Recommends badestrand · 2020-12 · on “Uber sells self-driving unit in deal that will push Aurora’s valuation to $10B”
Check out this video, it works really well: [this video] ("Riding in a Self Driving Car - With Nobody Up Front")
Cites drawkbox · 2021-11 · on “Walmart delivery powered by Cruise – Self-driving deliveries are here”
Yeah Cruise announced this Walmart delivery with self-driving cars in Nov 2020 to launch in 2021 [1] and it is now available at the first location in Arizona. Cruise has been testing here but probably more on proving grounds like Apple has. Apple just bought a proving ground this year that they have been leasing since 2017 [2]. Testing picking up as well as competition. I am sure Cruise will expand it in Arizona. Most of the self-driving operations are in the East Valley (Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe) as the roads are pretty simple and square. The Scottsdale area this is in also pretty simple and by the reservation. Self-driving cars are everywhere with Waymo in Arizona as well, many entirely un
Cites kobalsky · 2022-01 · on “Felony charges are first in a fatal crash involving Autopilot”
[this video] can't you get a ride in phoenix like today with waymo? or is not open to the public? I mean I understand that their AI is not perfect but it doesn't seem like a pipe dream
Cites kobalsky · 2022-03 · on “A 2030 Self-Driving Car Bet”
yeah I reckon they started on the easiest place to implement. but it's still impressive seeing the thing driving around a shopping mall parking lot with pedestrian traffic, they put a lot of trust in this thing: [this video]