But Waymo, owned by Google parent company Alphabet, said it no longer needed that protection - though at first one of its employees will ride in the back with customers. The service will be made available in Phoenix, Arizona over the next few months, Waymo’s chief executive John Krafcik said. It is the not the first time Waymo has demonstrated cars without human drivers - even as a back-up - on public roads.
Members of the public will be riding in Fiat Chrysler Pacifica minivans. Initially a Waymo employee will travel with the customers, but not behind the wheel as has been the case previously. Eventually the public will be allowed to travel alone. The self-driving taxi fleet will at first be free to use, but the company envisions it will charge for the journeys at a later date. Waymo is a company created out of Google’s self-driving programme, and was seen as a way to step up efforts to commercialise the firm’s industry-leading efforts in autonomy.
>It will never happen >It's impossible >20 years from now
Tyler Nguyen
>the price of outfitting an autonomous car. That extra cost, according to one of the few experts prepared to discuss the subject openly: about $250,000 per vehicle.
No thanks.
Aiden Jackson
KILL YOURSELF BRAINLET
$3,995 It would take a decade before Motorola's DynaTAC finally reached consumer hands. On September 21, 1983, Motorola made history when the FCC approved the 8000X, the world's first commercial portable cell phone. It cost consumers a whopping $3,995 at the time.
Cooper Hill
Cost of incarcerating a Taxi/Uber driver that murders his passengers is about the same.
Kevin Russell
>BUT THE LEGAL SYSTEM WILL STOP IT
Unlike rules for the design of a seatbelt or airbag, the federal guidelines for automated vehicle systems are voluntary. The U.S. Department of Transportation says keeping rules at a minimum will speed up the introduction of life-saving technology, a goal made all the more urgent as traffic deaths climbed again last year to 37,461, with 94 percent of those caused by human error.
Carter Green
So a cellphone is now 1/4 the price. From $4K to $1K. So let's say the self driving car costs $65K. Still way too expensive. The talking heads in the self driving industry claim they can make it cost as little as $5K by 2035 but that's just a hope. They aren't basing those figures on anything.
Kayden James
Why care how much they spend? They will do it for market saturation before it's profitable anyway.
Google, Apple, etc will do it just to control the ecosystem inside the car.
Michael Wright
Because I want my own car and I don't want to pay more than my house to get it.
Camden Turner
Fuk that!!!!!!!
Jackson Gonzalez
>first taste is free
just like a drug dealer
Cooper Turner
>wanting your own car
silly grandpa, the google car app is faster and better.
Nathaniel Morales
So who would go to jail when self driving car inevitably roll over someone? >inb4 no one
Wyatt Thompson
>faster Yea I doubt the self driving shitbox has 600HP like my foxbody does
Luke Roberts
Do you want to have to drive?
They can remake the entire interior eventually to be more comfy with app-stations so you can play games on the google app store or watch videos on the google owned youtube.
You can relax. No thinking. No alertness.
Jose Fisher
> Perfect reflexes > Never distracted. > Ideal car to cut in front of since it'll always brake.
Cameron Roberts
Automated driving eliminates traffic congestion.
Anthony Butler
Yeah and fuck anyone that enjoys driving or can't afford anything above $5,000. Self driving cars are the future! Let the car drive itself goyim, it won't malfunction conveniently and crash into a lamp post after that anti-semitic post on Facebook.
Zachary Morgan
The elimination of human drivers is goal #1. Once you no longer drive. The app car can drop you off at the location. No need for parking spaces freeing up huge amounts of real estate and land area. No need for garages or driveways too. Reducing housing costs tremendously.
Reduction in housing costs Reduction in transportation costs Reduction in infrastructure costs Reduction in health/ambulance/insurance costs
It's a massive improvement and the only way to fully unlock is replacing human drivers. Which is why the side-goal is to begin to eliminate parking spots. Reducing each parking lot by 5% spaces a year will slowly inconvenience people more and more until they give up driving. Once a majority of people no longer own cars you can use democracy to eliminate the rest, majority rule.
Josiah Brown
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Kevin Myers
I support it.
Carter Martin
The big improvement is in security. Once humans can no longer drive it will reduce crime considerably. You would have to walk or bike to the location or neighborhood.
It would also make sense to restrict travel to residential areas without invitation or being a resident.
If fully and intelligently implemented it is a massive efficiency boost in so many areas. Of course it will face a lot of friction in getting rid of human drivers which is why it's important to begin eliminating parking and push people away from car ownership.