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Completed is a strong word. Mine wouldn’t let me out. I had to wait for it to stop at a light and bail. I’m pretty sure they should mark that a zero. MARK IT A ZERO DONNIE THIS ISNT NAM, THERE ARE RULES.
The 1m rides mark was announced May 10th and 50k trips per week was announced May 16th. So they must be getting close to 100k rides per week if my math is right.
You're absolutely right, 90,900/week. Astonishing. ~2x in 3 months? [1] Are we seeing the hockey stick? They've been consistently candid, and indicated the next vehicle is the one they'll scale on, custom taxi by Chinese automaker Zeekr. I figured it'd be another couple years, maybe build out LA, scale SF to highways, and then maybe Zeekr. But they recently started testing it, way ahead of what I thought they would..…
Completed is a strong word. Mine wouldn’t let me out. I had to wait for it to stop at a light and bail. I’m pretty sure they should mark that a zero. MARK IT A ZERO DONNIE THIS ISNT NAM, THERE ARE RULES.
> Mine wouldn’t let me out. I had to wait for it to stop at a light and bail You're upset it wouldn't let you out of a moving vehicle?
I have no experience with Waymo though, so I have no idea if this is the case, or if the car was repositioning to find a better place to let the rider out, or something else entirely.
The 1m rides mark was announced May 10th and 50k trips per week was announced May 16th. So they must be getting close to 100k rides per week if my math is right.
You're absolutely right, 90,900/week. Astonishing. ~2x in 3 months? [1] Are we seeing the hockey stick? They've been consistently candid, and indicated the next vehicle is the one they'll scale on, custom taxi by Chinese automaker Zeekr. I figured it'd be another couple years, maybe build out LA, scale SF to highways, and then maybe Zeekr. But they recently started testing it, way ahead of what I thought they would..…
Waymo's scale is constrained by many factors: (1) physical cars (requires capital), (2) hi-def mapping, (3) operations (depots to charge, clean and maintain cars, "fleet response" - https://waymo.com/blog/2024/05/fleet-response/), and (4) regulatory environment (permits on a city/county/state basis).
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You're absolutely right, 90,900/week. Astonishing. ~2x in 3 months? [1] Are we seeing the hockey stick? They've been consistently candid, and indicated the next vehicle is the one they'll scale on, custom taxi by Chinese automaker Zeekr. I figured it'd be another couple years, maybe build out LA, scale SF to highways, and then maybe Zeekr. But they recently started testing it, way ahead of what I thought they would..…
You wouldn't expect Waymo to hockey stick though. It's not software. Waymo's scale is constrained by many factors: (1) physical cars (requires capital), (2) hi-def mapping, (3) operations (depots to charge, clean and maintain cars, "fleet response" - https://waymo.com/blog/2024/05/fleet-response/ ), and (4) regulatory environment (permits on a city/county/state basis).
I suppose, if only for the sake of stimulating conversation, it is worth ignoring the substantive stuff to transmute "hockey stick" into "it is software, 0 and constant marginal cost"
I just don't really know what to say back, because I obviously don't think the self-driving car is software. You know that. I know that.
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You're absolutely right, 90,900/week. Astonishing. ~2x in 3 months? [1] Are we seeing the hockey stick? They've been consistently candid, and indicated the next vehicle is the one they'll scale on, custom taxi by Chinese automaker Zeekr. I figured it'd be another couple years, maybe build out LA, scale SF to highways, and then maybe Zeekr. But they recently started testing it, way ahead of what I thought they would..…
You wouldn't expect Waymo to hockey stick though. It's not software. Waymo's scale is constrained by many factors: (1) physical cars (requires capital), (2) hi-def mapping, (3) operations (depots to charge, clean and maintain cars, "fleet response" - https://waymo.com/blog/2024/05/fleet-response/ ), and (4) regulatory environment (permits on a city/county/state basis).