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Waymo is doing this with real, public customers (albeit hand-selected ones) in Phoenix[0]. Uber has been doing this for months with customers in Pittsburgh[1].
by a9a 9y ago
Waymo is doing this with real, public customers (albeit hand-selected ones) in Phoenix[0]. Uber has been doing this for months with customers in Pittsburgh[1]. This is certainly a sign that Cruise is making good progress, but I wouldn't say it means they've leapfrogged the competition by any means.
[0] https://waymo.com/apply/ https://waymo.com/apply/
[1] https://www.uber.com/blog/pittsburgh/pittsburgh-self-driving-uber/ https://www.uber.com/blog/pittsburgh/pittsburgh-self-driving...
- graphitezepp 9y agoThe Uber car's are absolutely everywhere in Pittsburgh. See probably an average of two one way on my daily commute.
- akgerber 9y agoAnd Pittsburgh is a far more challenging driving environment than either San Francisco or Phoenix, with far more diversity of weather and a lot messier infrastructure due to terrain and freeze-thaw cycles and reduced maintenance after population decline— think 20% grade on cobbles after a snowstorm. e.g. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4763879,-80.0106331,3a,75y,224.22h,86.29t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srBg7L8iAtThUewPqsuCMGw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4763879,-80.0106331,3a,75y,2...
- skywhopper 9y agoDoes Uber's autonomous service go to such locations?
- akgerber 9y agoGood question— their office is at the end of a crumbling backstreet, at least: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4627591,-79.9701442,3a,75y,300.16h,86.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5UDRoCRGl2n7UhEWI3wqvA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4627591,-79.9701442,3a,75y,3...