r/waymo

Everyone says Waymo won the self-driving race but when you look at the actual numbers, Baidu is building Level 4 autonomous vehicles for $20k vs Waymo's $75k. They already hit per-vehicle profitability in China and is expanding internationally while Waymo fights city councils for permits. Then meanwhile Tesla just started Cybercab production this month and is already running unsupervised robotaxis in three US cities, and has 35x more training data than Waymo from consumer vehicles. Waymo has the best safety record in the industry and people love the product, but the economics and the competition are moving faster than most people realize.

Hi folks,

I just got my referrals to share with others and get $10 for each time it is being used. I'm not planning to take a ride myself very soon. Is the bonus/credit I receive after others using my codes expires?

Thanks 😊

So the current "up next" (USA) list is Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Detroit, Denver, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Sacramento, San Diego, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa, Washington, DC

If they announce their next set of "autonomous is live" cities in the next month, which of these are legitimate options? I am assuming they have the technical ability for all of them, so mostly which ones do they NOT have a path to legal approval, and are unlikly to get it in the next month? Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, New York, Seattle, and Washington, DC?

If so then the next set could be any of (or all of) Charlotte, Detroit, Denver, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Sacramento, San Diego, St. Louis, Tampa.

Does that sound correct? Announcing five to ten of these in the next month or two would make for a pretty awesome Waymo summer!

When is Nashville going to be open for riders?