A ride in a Waymo driverless car
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2024
- TechCrunch contributor Ed Niedemeyer gets a ride in Waymo's driverless Chrysler Pacifica minivan in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler. The company is starting to match members of its early rider program with driverless rides as it starts scaling up its robotaxi service.
For more on Waymo's driverless car: tcrn.ch/2NvKpaf
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Love it .. I cant wait until everyone can ride in these cars
Perhaps you haven't heard of "taxis". Their where you get to ride in the back and someone else drives you. Except the driver is earning some income for his family whereas this is earning income for some silicon valley billionaires.
jan simonides nah...human error means it’s more likely to crash.
You already can take a ride in some of those cars, I've taken a ride in Yandex (Russia's Google) self-driving taxi, It was a great experience! I even posted a video about it.
Lostrelics - just have to wait 2 years or Less with Tesla, their FSD suite will be Feature Complete by end of 2019, however Legislation is way behind and Tesla can bypass the LAWS , by making its Driverless cars operate with a Driver, to get to Market earlier.
jan simonides Just like what people said when cars first came out then they loved them
I want to see them driving on Indian roads 😂
No car can survive the roads of Mumbai
Not possible
Try south east asia country (thailand , indonesia, malaysia and Philippines)
Autobahn
Till some month ago, you said there would be no self driving car ever. Now you say they will never be able to drive on Indian roads. This means they will manage to drive on Indian roads within 6 months
This cars are driving on very quiet roads, nice weather, no rain and snow... Want to see they are performing in real traffic of a town.
Yandex's self-driving taxis drive on the roads of Moscow, with snow, ice, and crazy Russian drivers! I took a ride in one of those a few weeks back and even posted a video about it.
Tesla can find its way in Any weather and even IF you ship the car to the Otherside of the USA. it can even plan out the Best superchargers to visit.
@@markplott4820 Tesla autopilot has failed multiple times during heavy rain and snow fall. Also Tesla's like to drive into the back of fire trucks on the side of highways And underneath semis that it thinks are bridges
@@MrHennrocks - show me just ONE Commerically available car Autopilot in a Production vehicle that can do ANY Better, they don't Exist, TESLA has the most Advanced FSD on the planet, and IF you are too stupid NOT to take over FSD in SNOW or Heavy Rain then you Disserve to be Dead. besides Tesla has Proven itself in helping Rescuing people from Fleeing natural Dissasters such as Forest Fires and Bad Weather events, the Legacy car makers CANT even do that.
@@markplott4820 ua-cam.com/video/NAbTAqxrLjE/v-deo.html (i don't want to be pedestrian near tesla with some stupid driver would trust autopilot) ua-cam.com/video/ozf5SFjWkbA/v-deo.html and both video at a time when Musk promised (year ago) feature complete FSD, or may be he means that each (sub) feature has 50% probability to work?
The guy who filmed this was the cameraman for the Bourne movies?
Can it drive in rain or snow?
No.
I used to love the Pacifica when it first came out. I now have nightmares about them.
Why driverless? it's cruel how y'all want to rob the already poor taxi drivers of their lively hood. I won't who will wanna ride in such a vehicle in a stormy weather or fog when tactical human response is needed, crazy!
Waymo should use electric fleet, set good example
the GAS car will be DEAD before Waymo comes to market.
@Mickiii P - A Hybrid vehicle is just an ICE vehicle , but with Really Crappy battery range.
A BEV is FACTUALLY a superior vehicle.
Chrysler is developing an electronic minivan called the portal they'll probably use that in the future.
@@freddybell8328 n less than 3 years Chrysler will be NO More , along with FAC & PSA.
Because TESLA is so Advanced.
@@markplott4820 You severely underestimate how large car companies are. Chrysler is a very large company, and is the subsidiary of an even bigger one. Tesla's cars can get as advanced as they like, but they need to be as affordable as a gasoline powered car or less in order to make a dent in Chrysler's sales. By then they'll have electric cars too.
Uber should buy this concept. I think I've seen it in total recall. " thanks for the ride lady!"
Andrew Yang is totally right
Yeah, but when he talks about it, people think he's spewing dystopian nonsense.
@@uhu597 it's called establishment politicians
I’d like to see one of these cars drive in Mexico City, where I’ve seen four lanes on the road but people make six if not more.
Wonder if I will ever see the day where every vehicle is self driven. I'm honestly not sure what to think about that but if every vehicle is centrally controlled vehicle to vehicle accidents should be near impossible to happen
FYI, they are not centrally controlled. Each vehicle is making its own decisions, though they do pull data from the internet to get a more detailed understanding of their surroundings.
@@_____case yeah not now of course and certainly not on the microcontrol such as steering/ avoiding obstacles. I would imagine some kind centrally controlled system will collate every vehicle position and trajectory to optimize the flow once big majority of vehicles are self driven
I hope they make these for the visually impaired and add like a talking feature to where we tell the car where to go. That would be totally cool.
It’s interesting to see a fusion of words in the Indian and American accents
No volume on the roads or inclement weather factors taken seen on this video. Please bring ‘driverless’ technology to highway 401 in Toronto or Gardiner Expressway and see how well it does here.
During a snowstorm
Personally I am really excited about driverless cars because there's so many idiot drivers out there. Driverless cars would be a lot cheaper and you could get stuff done whilst in the car, instead of trying to make awkward conversation with the taxi driver.
They'll be cheaper - at first. Then like everything else, as the market for driverless taxies matures and the players are finalized, they'll all start raising prices to a point where it's expensive yet again.
These cars aren't cheap the lidar alone costs 10s of thousands of dollars...
You can be quiet in a taxi if you like, the driver won't feel awkward if you are silent.
That's why waymo is going to start creating it's own artificial intelligence that will constantly talk to you about it's daughter's upcoming birthday party during the ride. And it's going to simulate the sound of an angry Italian munching on a Biscotti while yelling at the asshole in the cross walk to hurry the fuck up
I can ride a bicycle faster than waymo
Will they work on the edge of a cliff?
By the year 2035, these cars will be everywhere. It won't be weird anymore.
You, an expert: Self driving cars will never happen.
Google: Uh, they're literally on the road right now.
You: Never....happen...
😂 😂 😂
It's not enough drivers out there.. 😂😂😂😂😂🤬😂🤬😂😂😂😂
Very much ARE going to happen!
Excellent. I'm looking forward to trying it out when it's available in Florida.
So we punish all the good drivers & motor enthusiasts of the world for the tiny percentage of crap drivers. Driving a car is the most easiest thing to do in life. We don't need them. Just another way for future governments to control humans.
@@paulbyatt3219 what can you say to the families who lost a loved one from a car accident? Statistics say 1.25 million die from car accident world wide 3k plus per day. Imagine a cruise ship full of passengers dying every single day. In the US alone some 30 thousand plus die every year and that's not even counting the one's who are injured. Will this new technology stop people from dying in a car accident? That's a resounding NO, but it can easily reduce that number to at least half. That's half a million lives saved every year. How do people justify their so called "Freedom"? Don't people often say "Freedom is paid with blood".. on this issue, do we have to?
@@emilemilio3344 Buddy I agree with what you are saying. But you can't punish everyone. Punish the guilty ones. Everything in life has an element of risk. How many women die from domestic violence. Should we stop people forming relationships & falling in love. They way we're going humans will not be doing anything in the future for fear of risk. Pretty boring existence. Look I truly understand your view. I hate bad & dangerous drivers, believe me. But there are millions & millions of motor enthusiasts who love their cars & driving & who are extremely great drivers. Anyway I'm getting on in yrs, in my 50's. I will probably be dead or incapable of driving due to age when these cars become the norm. Good chat, take care from Australia.
Harry - Tesla robotaxi will enter Operation before Waymo will.
and Tesla will be Nationwide.
@@paulbyatt3219 Driving is easy. It is just a waste of time.
Have you seen Drone Taxi in Dubai ?
One issue they haven't commented on is safety from robbers on the road, any person will be able to stop your car with an stop sign or whatever, and then proceed to do its 'business'. Right now you have the option to accelerate and not stop, but its based on a judgement call that the car can't make right now by itself. I hope they address this soon.
I think Tesla will be first. They have shit loads of data more than Waymo and their approach is very AI and human intervention learning based. Soon there's going to be a million Teslas out there mapping and learning everything. It'll be hard to catch up.
krish it’s not Tesla already lost
@@objectivemillennial2117 Yeah I don't know what this guy is talking about. We just literally saw a driverless taxi in a real city. Teslas, in the meantime, are killing people by crashing into firetrucks and accelerating into barriers.
Teslas don't create and upload maps.
Their data is Waymo accurate than Tesla's, which is why they can actually train the vehicle for detection of surfaces, lines, and boundaries, without killing anyone.
@@ForestNinjaZero yes more accurate but more reliable? Reliability comes with training under many many circumstances. I see only Tesla doing that at scale.
Considering Waymo recorded the killing of a woman crossing the street. It wouldn't surprise me if this was a front for Big Brother. Mass surveillance is their main priority.
How about another hypothetical scenario- what if carjackers/thieves are driving around with a fake police siren-how will waymo react? Or if someone is pretexting to be law enforcement- with a fake id/uniform and everything
these things on the road with new york drivers is a sight to see, I can't wait.
Woohoo! Go Waymo! I would work for you if I had the knowledge! I want to serve AV tech.
Ok… Got it. Their product isn't cars. It's taxis.
Will they ever come to Amsterdam?
Amsterdam will be Islands before Tesla comes there.
@@markplott4820 Tesla is already there
Imagine siting in the back writing up html, or c++ while you learn and car crashes
Vote for andrew yang.
I'm just gonna wait until it can drive during bad weather.
hence why they're only doing test pilot only on the west cost.
It seems they are seriously improving with this technology/software.
ONLY Tesla is improving.
Which is better, 10 billion miles of simulation in real world with the owners and the public, or in computer?
Waymo is bullshit
I want to make it clear, that Waymo's 10 billion miles of simulation in computer are full of edge cases and more legit than those 1 billion Autopilot miles which merely serve as a validation (and we the owners are average testers). Besides, Autopilot miles do not equate to fully autonomous miles.
Kanting - Bad Real Sex is Better than 100% simulated sex.
I don't think you're telling the truth about how long testing has been going on. Until now nobody believed me. I lived in Phoenix in 2001. A vehicle pulled up next to me at a stop light and there was nobody in it. If you would have said any other place in the world I never would have put the 2 together(this video+my experience). Regardless it's still a really neat concept and I would definitely take a cruise in one
what?
1:42 ..hum good question lmao
Technology improvements are exciting for me , absolutely, but just a few months ago this same system could not do a left turn through oncoming traffic without being too hesitant and uncertain, so until I see tests and prove that this thing is not Hazard on a public roads, I'm not gonna trust it... technology like this doesn't Leap Forward fast, 10 years ago sounds cool, about 10 years ago we barely had any Electronics assistance in a cars... well hey, we invented wheel centuries ago, we still making failing and seizing bearings for them
people shit on Uber's stock, once this stuff is mastered it's gonna be worth so much, it'll just take years
Anony mous once waymo has master head the self driving car, couldn’t they just launch a ride hailing app and put Uber out of business for good?
Oh wait they already have 2, google maps and waze. They just need to add a button “book a ride”
Wikipedia -:
In April 2019, Waymo announced plans for vehicle assembly in Detroit at the former American Axle & Manufacturing plant, bringing between 100 and 400 jobs to the area. Waymo will use vehicle assembler Magna to turn Jaguar I-PACE and Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans into Waymo Level 4 autonomous vehicles.[24][25] Waymo subsequently decided to continue retrofitting existing car models rather than manufacturing a new design like the Firefly..
Between Waymo and Tesla we should be seeing a majority of autos driverless, and hopefully electric.
Tesla will be FSD feature complete by end of 2019.
Don't forget Comma.ai
@@markplott4820 we just saw a driverless Waymo drive around a city, so no need to talk about "feature-complete FSD" where you still have to have your hand on the wheel
@@monceau2 - lets see what happens when you transport a WAYMO to a NON Geofenced area, the Waymo cant do anything, you can Drive a Tesla from California to New York all by using FSD and it wont get lost and it can even Priotorize Supercharging based on your needs.
Mark Plott The Tesla will disengage hundreds of times on such a long drive. You also have to keep your hand on the wheel the whole time. Sometimes they crash into barriers or fire trucks or tractor trailers and kill you. It’s not even comparable.
If they were really close to driverless cars going mainstream they wouldn't have to do a puff piece on how close they are. Real technology is hardly ever broadcast. It just happens and blidsides everybody.
Can confirm. I am close to tech like this. It will not happen for decades. Electric cars tho, thats happening and fast.
It’s really cool but I know the second I step into a self driving car it’s going to drive me into a volcano.
Wait for them to come to Washington and set Mt. Saint Helen’s base camp as your destination. Mission accomplished. (I’ve been; it’s pretty!)
Looking forward to the dashcam footage from driverless cars in Russia, with all the crazy drivers over there 😂
Not all regions will be able to have such luxury of self driving cars. The city has to be modern with good infrastructure and visible lines. There's no way countries like Russia, India and so on will be able to have it not even some cities in the US .
@@Modestasgailius watch my video about the Yandex self driving taxi on my channel, Moscow already has self driving cars, tested in snow, ice and with Russian drivers...
@@Modestasgailius Im sure these companies will work with cities to make it possible for them to make it happen, just matter of time.
Wikipedia :
Waymo LLC is a self-driving technology development company. It is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Waymo originated as a project of Google before it became a stand-alone subsidiary in December 2016.
HELLO,THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING A GREAT THING,AND I KNOW FROM LIVING AROUND NEGATIVE PEOPLE THAT THEY WILL 100% ATTACK THIS,KEEP DOING YOUR TECH THING AND SHUT THEM UP
Nobody respect people who talk in caps
Didn't Waymo let go about 100 employees just last month 😕😕. These cars are pretty expensive..you guys should have ask how much each car cost with all of those self driving parts 👍
A few million each.
Tech Crunch - Waymo is Decades behind what Tesla can do Today.
If you bothered to watch the video Tesla can't even do what you just watched. How's that auto summon working atm 🤣
@@Corey-pd3mi - Tesla Summon works well for a BETA product, the Point is to get People interested in it and let them try it out.
TESLA FSD will be Feature complete by end of 2019.
@@markplott4820 Ya, ok 🤣
Haha Tesla are level 2 Today waymo are Level 4-5 but Google done this since 2009 so ofcourse they lead in autonomous vehicles
Waymo is level 4 autonomy, Tesla is only level 2. Waymo can do more than Tesla in it area.
Tesla is winning the FSD contest
My man straight up talking off of a dictionary
So...what if the car is hacked while in route to school with a car load of kids. Wouldn't it make more sense to have a real, live, breathing human behind the wheel to take over in case of an emergency. I know I wouldn't let my kids in a autonomous driverless vehicle. Dont fuel yourself people, these machines will make you lose your entrepreneurial freedom some day soon. Take action or dont take action.
Totally agree. Future generations will have nothing to do & no jobs. Technology is how goverments will control every aspect of our lives.
OMG...😲😲😲
More power to big tech. Less employment to people
I rather drive myself than the car self drive. I don't feel is safe. Few people who died. I don't trust it
You can’t simulate the last 9s
Bye bye jobs! Hello safer roads.
@jan simonides humans have 40000 wrecks / day in the US alone.
@jan simonides you don't think the smartest engineers and tech guys in the world can deal with dirt? Hmm.
@jan simonides That"s right. Don't need them.
I’ll keep my 20 year old, 5 speed manual, 8,000 rpm, 93 octane burning, fun mode of transportation over one of these douche mobiles. Don’t forget some people actually ENJOY driving.
Is everybody good at it?
You really expect this to work in ghetto areas?
Tesla mobile Hooker fleet.
That's the thing. Only the rich will afford driverless cars. Middle class will become poorer & won't be able to afford them, & be forced onto public transport. You will lose your freedom & choices.
@@paulbyatt3219 - NOPE, nice try.
you can order FSD for just $7,000 (for now) on all Tesla vehicles.
the model 3 starts at $40,000 and $47,000 is a Bargain when compared to ALL current model ICEV , many of the ICEV only have Safety systems and FSD across the Industry IS way less Advanced than what TESLA can do TODAY.
Besides, as TIME goes on FSD will become MORE Expensive.
the BEST thing is you can use FSD for Commutes or Long Road Trips, reducing Stress on the Driver, and keeping them safe.
even the Cadillac PRO pilot System frequently ENDS on the Highway , making the vehicles LESS safe.
BONUS, on the Weekend you can use the car Without FSD but still with the TESLA safety systems.
I love self driving and by the way it's not lazy because everyone can still go to the gym and do sports
@tommy aronson maybe in 2024
"Autonomous" vehicles on TRAINING WHEELS. Nice pre-mapped, geo-fenced areas. Would love to see a non-company produced video of these vehicles on their own outside of these areas designated by Waymo. It's a SHAM! Nice try though. By all means, keep on trying.
Or, from another perspective, no more driving the car how you want it, where you want it and with nobody tot know that. It will be :Zzzap!! And your car îs switched off or even more scary, take you to Court without you wanting that.
Showr
Wayslow
I'd use this over my gas guzzling old car. Too bad I live in Illinois suburbs so we don't see new tech. You have to be in San Francisco.
Dovydas idiot
@@ganaramesh7278 A well formulated response there, thank you Gana.
1:00 No questions at all for the operator on the other end of the phone call?! That's like saying you have no questions in a job interview, which suggests little interest. Reeeeee journalists ask questions, wut r u doin m8?
car.ai
What is this?
Please don't bring this car to NYC. It will be hello for Google and for drivers.
Looks like they are way ahead of Tesla
This is just google trying to stay ahead of tesla which will release a feature complete fullt trained neural net battle tested for way more scenarios than waymo...they wanna be pioneers but are way behind...
Most probably Tesla is finished against Waymo!
or not
Not yet, trust me I know how the system work.
I don't see how. Waymo is a rental service. With Tesla you can own the driverless car. Plus Tesla has it's cult following, and Elon has been supporting competition for years. The competition will only make Tesla stronger.
Lol. Tesla is send to end mobility. Waymo is only one piece. Tesla will be pumpng out a million cars a year soon. end to end Tesla owns the whole stack
Tesla is nowhere near Waymo's tech when it comes to self driving.
Release it already
Tired of the talking
There's a place for Waymo's technology. Perhaps an airport shuttle fleet. If Tesla FSD didn't exist, I'd be more impressed. It's about solving the biggest problems with the most scalable solutions. LIDAR tech is probably the limiting factor. Good stuff though.
The only company that thinks LIDAR is a limiting factor is Tesla. Eventually we will need to get rid of LIDAR, but that's at least a decade away. Tesla cars will continue to kill people without Lidar. Today we will blame the deaths rightfully on the driver, as they are required to pay attention and take control. What happens though when Tesla cars get to Level 4. Then what!!
Tesla uses lidar technology in the front of their vehicle If it's so terrible why are they using it
LiDAR does not limit anything