@@polyglotincif there are systems which can control 10,000 drones without crashing to each other in 3D then it’s possible to manage the same number in 2D.
@@iscadean6038 completely the wrong comparison because those drones are in a clean airspace completely controlled by their system VERSUS a constantly changing space of other moving vehicles/pedestrians/road-furniture/potholes/etc that are not controlled by the self-driving car.
@ well not completely wrong. 3D space introduces incredible complexity. Movement of those drones requires them to have proximity sensors on three axes not just two and, all things being equal and other road users follow the same rules, nothing untoward should happen. At least the robotic taxi will not speed, cut others up, brake unnecessarily, or do doughnuts. It will have radar and lidar and predictive technology I guess. And the cage the passengers are in will help them survive. That’s all you need in a taxi. Maybe ten thousand of just those in London might well, through AI, just control themselves and ban all other vehicles so they never have accidents.
I think they need to find a smallish town and have nothing but robo taxis, it would be interesting to see if all vehicles on the road are robo taxi's if there is any accident. Seems to me that its people causing the issue.
People also walk, cycle etc. giving away large area of public land (roads) to the corporations to run their experiments over is a dystopian nightmare in my opinion.
@@pruthvichowdary22 the corporations run their experiments with human safety drivers ready to take over, until they demonstrate to regulators that their robotaxis are safer than human drivers. Waymo has done that. (Cruise did too, but stupidly misled regulators about the crash in which _after a human driver struck a pedestrian_ , its robotaxi collided with her and dragged the victim 20 feet as it pulled over. Cruise will deservedly have to do a lot to regain regulators' trust.)
That would be a great proof of concept idea. Even better would be doing it in several small towns linked by small sections of freeway. This could work in something like a tourist area
I live in San Francisco and have taken Waymo rides. I look forward to trying Zoox. The Waymo rides I took, were fine. In SF, traffic is congested and parking is impossible. My only gripe was the 1.5 mile rides cost ~$15 which is about the same as Uber or Lyft w/o tip. If Waymo/Zoox can cut prices to ~$5, then I can get around without a car and use the public bus and these self driving taxis.
In 50 years it'll become illegal for a human to operate a vehicle on the road. Just like how it's illegal to ride a horse on public roads. Humans driving cars will be relegated to driving in the track, much like horseback riding.
been using Tesla's fsd for about 2 years now and i feel a shocking sense of anxiety when i have to drive a manual car now. Its caught so many close calls that its proven its value. a human + fsd in its current state is night and day safer than 99% of drivers
This is quite great, however I hope the company makes it completely “idiot-proof”, as I suspect there will be people who try to do stupid and reckless things with it just for online attention and views.
Verified accounts, and security cams have to be standard for sure. also not sure how the app works on these, but some kind of biometric ID. maybe a pin code that is sent, or has visual Id. etc. in app notification of problems. for example one shows up, and you notice someone vomited, you report through app, get another ride, but also HQ looks at previous riders and bills the person that vomited.
Yes, my friend works for them. They do have security cameras on board and can take over the car if needed, but I agree they need to make this stupid proof because there’s a lot of stupid people out there. lol 😂
This is what the future of all cars looks like, imho. +90% of people no longer want to drive themselves, they want to be on their phones while they’re sitting in traffic or on the motorway, not think about the journey but just get to their destination. Carriage seating is the way to go and the standard forward facing car seating will be superseded in most autonomous vehicles. Once private vehicle ownership is replaced by a range of ‘journey subscription’ options, these vehicles will fairly rapidly come to dominate the roads, making them safer for everyone as the most difficult thing for autonomous vehicles to deal with are unpredictable human drivers.
I’m a boomer and not in tech. I use both taxis, uber and Lyft. While I’m in the city of Seattle, mass transit can be sketchy during the times I need it. I’d easily try a Zoox. Futuristic, electric, ground up design, easy to ingress/egress, yeah, can’t wait!
I would love to see a fleet of these just navigating the major airports. You could have autonomous vehicles getting travelers to their terminal far more efficiently.
It looks pretty nice. Purpose built automated vehicles seem to be the direction ride services will go eventually. Not having a specific front or back is really smart!
I would gladly jump in and get a monthly subscription. Unlimited rides for $200 or $300 dollars a month is reasonable. I can always rent a car should I wish to drive again.
@nickcpv, why do you want to own everything? I'm used to working as a cable guy, I was surprised and then a bit angry how stuffed people's basements, garages, so much useless stuff, tons of garbage. Why do you need a car in big city when that car is parked 98% of time you own it? That's clearly not for everyone, but for some people cheap and reliable taxi would be a game changer.
took several waymo rides when I was out in SF this past summer - the first ride was a little "weird" - but it felt so safe, much safer than many rideshare drivers - loved it and now hope they come to the east coast at some point. We saw them testing the Zoox platform on a SUV at Coit Tower. The Zoox design seems perfect. Might have to take a trip out to Vegas once it opens to the public.
@@kabubakuI live in Europe where trains are a common transportation to get anywhere. I don't see it as practical as a car though. To get to the other part of the Ile-de-France to see my brother I need to switch between 3 trains and takes 2,5 hours. While my brother drives me back on car in 40 minutes.
I’d love to ride in a Zoox vehicle-it looks like such a futuristic and innovative experience! I hope they expand to Santa Monica soon, just like Waymo has. It’s exciting to see the competition in the self-driving space pushing technology forward. As for Waymo, I think it’s important to give credit where it’s due. From what I’ve read, most of the accidents involving their vehicles were actually caused by human drivers, not the self-driving systems. This highlights how autonomous vehicles could help reduce human errors on the road over time. Zoox and Waymo both have the potential to revolutionize urban transportation, and I can’t wait to see how these technologies develop!
Actually a human driver hit the jay walker and threw the person into the cruise car. The cruise vehicle did NOT cause that accident but ofc the media focuses on the wrong thing.
@ okay but this accident started with a human driver they still haven’t found to this day. So idk why you would go “not something that would happen with a human driver” when the accident was caused by a human who ran away. Also a handful of casualties versus how many human caused vehicular deaths? Where this specific one wasn’t even caused by the ai but another human idk i feel like people blame one side and not the side that ran away after hitting a woman.
@@TheGuillotineKing it did stop, it dragged the victim of the bad human driver 20 feet as it pulled over. Robotaxis _will_ harm people in edge cases, but focusing on them, rather than the run-of-the-mill "inattentive bad human driver causes crash" that happens millions of times a year, is mistaken. The only question that should matter is whether they are safer than human drivers in the conditions in which they operate. Waymo is, Cruise probably was.
Several of my boomer friends say they will never own or even ride in an autonomous vehicle. I think the biggest obstacle these vehicles have is public perception. It may not be until a generation grows up that does not know any different before they are widely accepted. This was the case with computers and now we have generations that do not know life without them.
It will be safe, convenient and affordable. You will also own nothing and be happy. When the time comes and your social credit score is low, you will feel sad but understand you cannot leave the city for a while. Until you become a good citizen and quit those archaic Christian thoughts, primitive humans used to have.
One thing I am wondering with the safety curtains: What if the vehicle ends up in a water, say too deep, and the curtain airbags choke the passenger(s)
I like the design. It reminds me of a Sci-fi stagecoach. Development has to be a huge challenge; getting an analog "I.C.E." car to the point they're at now took a century, this will take a fraction of that time.
This seems like a perfect small mass transit vehicle, we'll beyond its stated taxi purpose. Small regular circuits to mass transit hubs could expand the reach of light rail and similar.
I’m annoyed that none of these are part of the city’s existing transit system. Fragmentation. Nobody wants a bus pass, a train pass, a self driving car pass, a monorail pass, a Tesla tunnel pass. JUST ONE PASS. GETS. THEM. ALL.
All they would need to do is accept debit cards for tickets when you tag to get on.. In SF Bay Area, CA the transit service is supposed to do exactly that. But they are taking forever to set up the system..
@ The one that Antioch is getting is supposed to just accept Clipper Cards. This is how it should be. If they’re running in Vegas they *should* take their transit card.
@@TransitAndTeslas yah thats what I was referring to. The Clipper system is supposed to start accepting any debit/credit cards when you tag instead of having to buy that blue card .
Yes, definitely need an integrated mass transit system. Robotaxis have the potential to reduce the “last mile” problem, although not during peak traffic hours. Also, since riders may have different destinations, it would be an interesting traveling salesman (logistics) problem to solve, with up to 4 destinations (4 passengers).
Wow! This is the best thought out design for a robotaxi that I have seen or heard of! I wouldn't hesitate to ride in it. I have one question about the airbags deployment. It's going to displace a lot of air very quickly in that bubble. It could burst eardrums, and fill the space with noxious gases if there's no instant venting. How has this been accommodated?
I hope my personal vehicle is a car like this. I won’t have to drive and I can do all my errands around town with far less stress from driving a car myself. Especially like the airbag system in these vehicles. Hope I can buy one of these as my personal vehicle. 🖖🏼✌🏼
This is literally the self driving vehicle from Black Mirror’s San Junipero episode that the senior lady from the retirement home and her caretaker use to visit her loved one that’s in a comma at a hospital. Random, but made me think, the future is here.
finally -- can you send one to long island, NY. I think these autonomous vehicles are the solution for the last mile in suburban areas. don't think they are ready for NYC yet but for suburbs yes. Also, we will need Universal health and basic income for drivers whose income will be impacted.
We might have to learn to heat the streets before they could even think of using this in the midwest. It would definitely take more learning to successfully navigate snow and ice.
This is one of the few cases of AI I'm actually looking forward to as a legally blind person who can't drive, and lives in an area with zero taxi service and extremely limited Uber(practicallynon-existant) - aka "the flyover states"
I like this design , if the service is cheap I'll definitely use it. also, most of the robo taxi videos show vehicles going 10 miles an hour, this one is flying down the road at normal speed. regular drivers do not want slow driving bricks obstructing traffic flow. this guy looks like it will move with traffic.
I was in Phoenix couple of years ago and wanted to try a robo taxi (waymo). Only to learn you need to 'apply and be approved ' before you can ride (wayNo?). So if you are planning on riding, check these requirements before. I wish these journalists would talk about such requirements but they don't.
I would be interested in riding in robotaxi even owning autonomous driving vehicle. I don't like to drive and if autonomous vehicles are better than humans at accident avoidance then for sure. Another thing to consider is the mental and physical stress it puts on human driver to avoid accidents.
I'd love to have these available in Minneapolis. I've got real questions, though, about how well any robotaxi would operate in a blinding snowstorm. Or handle driving on ice. Gonna need some extra special lines of code for that.
This could be a great in so many ways. Older people who can no longer drive can have their independence and people who've had too much to drink won't be tempted to drive home themselves. Ubers, taxis and public transportation aren't available in many places and are often limited in range.
Foster City has a yearly festival which I attended a few times since I lived in San Carlos nearby. I went once and bumped into a display that they had! I was wondering what they were doing there, but when they mentioned that’s where their HQ was (not surprised), that immediately explained it. Coincidentally, Tesla was founded originally in San Carlos. 😅
We already have Waymo here in Los Angeles. I'm also used to my Tesla driving anywhere without intervention, so I can see how this will all feel very normal in 4-5 years or so. I really think it's lights out for Uber/Lyft and in some cases, food delivery drivers. Well, we already have robots running around town delivering food, like Coco, so this is the near future. All of it.
What happens if a mugger steps in front of that vehicle? An acquaintance I know was recently involved in a potential car jacking and as a human driver she escaped by driving over a lawn.
I've followed the company since the beginning and it's quite upsetting not knowing anything about the self-driving software... The most important element for this to work!
I would be impress if these cars have the capability to drive in cities like delhi , manila or Bangkok were traffic rules are more like suggestions than fixed policy.
Wow imagine the amount of income and offshoot data mining possibilities with this. Amazon could give you free wifi but monetise all your browsing data. The same for recording audio from what people say in the taxi. This is so cool and will surely help make robo taxis even more profitable.
Um, it's not a public share ride. It's you and up to 3 of your friends/family. If the 3 people you are with won't let you sit in the forward facing seat due to getting car sick, you may want to question your friendships.
When this technology matures- what stopping them in marketing the vehicle to private owners? I mean, imagine a future where you don’t need to have driving license but still have access to use your private vehicle? A world of possibilities
How are they cleaned? If an entire fleet is put into service in a large city they are going to get really grungy - like every day. What if I get into one and it's nasty? What do I do and how do I call another one? Some people are terrible slobs. Also, you know that there will also be graffiti and intentional property damage.
This looks so much better than Tesla’s proposed robot taxi, in a number of ways. It is roomier, accommodates more riders, easier to get in and out of, and…it’s not a Tesla.
....There were like 18 seats in the tesla autonomous vehicle and could hold up to 20 people. You would know that if you didn't skim through the presentation because "Elon bad".
The fact that the area of operation needed to be pre-mapped. A processing time and expense that seems outdated. Tesla FSD is the superior solution and they should just use the FSD as an OS.
I’m one of those people that I’m usually down for any type of new tech, but I have to say self driving cars scare me a bit. Not so much at lower speeds as I think I’m ok with using them in the city and surface streets at speeds 50mph and under. It’s highway speeds that would scare me and I’m not in control. Also being in one of these in a hilly or mountainous area with cliffs! Nope!
And if you're a passenger in a taxi, you're also at the whim of the driver that you can't control. Nothing has changed AT ALL. Either way, you were never in control of the car.
All auto manufacturers are self-certified to meet US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS). A selection of vehicles each year is selected by NHTSA to crash test in their NCAP (five star) program, conducted by contractors. The IIHS, an independent org funded by insurance companies, also crash tests US vehicles.
If all vehicles on the road are autonomous, there's a chance there won't be any accidents. As long as there are people mixing up their unpredictability with autonomous vehicles, there will be danger.
Read more on CNET.com: No Steering Wheel, Pedals or Driver's Seat: Is Zoox the Future of Robotaxis? cnet.us/k3m
The reporter is fantastic. She did a great job 👏
another CNET fluff piece letting companies tell of their "beliefs" rather than doing hard reporting with actual 3rd party safety statistics
@@polyglotincif there are systems which can control 10,000 drones without crashing to each other in 3D then it’s possible to manage the same number in 2D.
@@iscadean6038 completely the wrong comparison because those drones are in a clean airspace completely controlled by their system VERSUS a constantly changing space of other moving vehicles/pedestrians/road-furniture/potholes/etc that are not controlled by the self-driving car.
@ well not completely wrong. 3D space introduces incredible complexity. Movement of those drones requires them to have proximity sensors on three axes not just two and, all things being equal and other road users follow the same rules, nothing untoward should happen. At least the robotic taxi will not speed, cut others up, brake unnecessarily, or do doughnuts. It will have radar and lidar and predictive technology I guess. And the cage the passengers are in will help them survive. That’s all you need in a taxi. Maybe ten thousand of just those in London might well, through AI, just control themselves and ban all other vehicles so they never have accidents.
I think they need to find a smallish town and have nothing but robo taxis, it would be interesting to see if all vehicles on the road are robo taxi's if there is any accident. Seems to me that its people causing the issue.
People also walk, cycle etc. giving away large area of public land (roads) to the corporations to run their experiments over is a dystopian nightmare in my opinion.
@@pruthvichowdary22 the corporations run their experiments with human safety drivers ready to take over, until they demonstrate to regulators that their robotaxis are safer than human drivers. Waymo has done that. (Cruise did too, but stupidly misled regulators about the crash in which _after a human driver struck a pedestrian_ , its robotaxi collided with her and dragged the victim 20 feet as it pulled over. Cruise will deservedly have to do a lot to regain regulators' trust.)
That would be a great proof of concept idea. Even better would be doing it in several small towns linked by small sections of freeway. This could work in something like a tourist area
@@OffWhiteDaz You mean a bus?
@@pruthvichowdary22 maybe in europe but not in the us lmao
I live in San Francisco and have taken Waymo rides. I look forward to trying Zoox. The Waymo rides I took, were fine. In SF, traffic is congested and parking is impossible. My only gripe was the 1.5 mile rides cost ~$15 which is about the same as Uber or Lyft w/o tip. If Waymo/Zoox can cut prices to ~$5, then I can get around without a car and use the public bus and these self driving taxis.
Yep, 50yrs from now, people will be freaking out when they see a person behind a steering wheel..
driving becomes a hobby
In 50 years it'll become illegal for a human to operate a vehicle on the road. Just like how it's illegal to ride a horse on public roads.
Humans driving cars will be relegated to driving in the track, much like horseback riding.
*5
been using Tesla's fsd for about 2 years now and i feel a shocking sense of anxiety when i have to drive a manual car now. Its caught so many close calls that its proven its value. a human + fsd in its current state is night and day safer than 99% of drivers
The movie Demolition Man...where Taco Bell is fine dining 😂
This is quite great, however I hope the company makes it completely “idiot-proof”, as I suspect there will be people who try to do stupid and reckless things with it just for online attention and views.
They should have a clause when riding "F around and find out."
Verified accounts, and security cams have to be standard for sure. also not sure how the app works on these, but some kind of biometric ID. maybe a pin code that is sent, or has visual Id. etc. in app notification of problems. for example one shows up, and you notice someone vomited, you report through app, get another ride, but also HQ looks at previous riders and bills the person that vomited.
Yes, my friend works for them. They do have security cameras on board and can take over the car if needed, but I agree they need to make this stupid proof because there’s a lot of stupid people out there. lol 😂
Exactly
This is what the future of all cars looks like, imho. +90% of people no longer want to drive themselves, they want to be on their phones while they’re sitting in traffic or on the motorway, not think about the journey but just get to their destination. Carriage seating is the way to go and the standard forward facing car seating will be superseded in most autonomous vehicles. Once private vehicle ownership is replaced by a range of ‘journey subscription’ options, these vehicles will fairly rapidly come to dominate the roads, making them safer for everyone as the most difficult thing for autonomous vehicles to deal with are unpredictable human drivers.
I lived in NYC for years and once had a driver top 100 MPH for no reason. I'll take my chances with the robots any day.
I’m a boomer and not in tech. I use both taxis, uber and Lyft. While I’m in the city of Seattle, mass transit can be sketchy during the times I need it. I’d easily try a Zoox. Futuristic, electric, ground up design, easy to ingress/egress, yeah, can’t wait!
I would love to see a fleet of these just navigating the major airports. You could have autonomous vehicles getting travelers to their terminal far more efficiently.
It looks pretty nice. Purpose built automated vehicles seem to be the direction ride services will go eventually. Not having a specific front or back is really smart!
That parts more of a gimmick. It doesn’t really change anything from a technical perspective
I would gladly jump in and get a monthly subscription. Unlimited rides for $200 or $300 dollars a month is reasonable. I can always rent a car should I wish to drive again.
Yes, fellow creature. This is the spirit. Let’s own nothing and be happy!
@nickcpv 🥱
@nickcpv, why do you want to own everything? I'm used to working as a cable guy, I was surprised and then a bit angry how stuffed people's basements, garages, so much useless stuff, tons of garbage. Why do you need a car in big city when that car is parked 98% of time you own it? That's clearly not for everyone, but for some people cheap and reliable taxi would be a game changer.
Only in a country with wages as ridiculously high as the USA.
now moving on… i have $5 bill.
When this is perfected, this will be a huge benefit for those who cannot drive (health reasons, no car, elderly, etc.).
CNET is killing it with some of the best tech news/reviews of anyone publishing on UA-cam right now.
took several waymo rides when I was out in SF this past summer - the first ride was a little "weird" - but it felt so safe, much safer than many rideshare drivers - loved it and now hope they come to the east coast at some point. We saw them testing the Zoox platform on a SUV at Coit Tower. The Zoox design seems perfect. Might have to take a trip out to Vegas once it opens to the public.
0:52 1:54 5:42 8:37 This is where you truly shine! Can’t argue with that level of skill. ✨
Oh heck yeah! I've taken 5 or 6 rides in our cars now, looking forward to taking a ride in Vegas!
This is the only version of self driving taxi I'm genuinely excited for. Carriage style!
Zoox is ideal for folks who don't possess a driver's license. It's similar to Waymo, but it resembles a bus.
They look great on sunny streets in warm weather.
Now let's see how they do in Chicago in January.
Adam Something: TRAINS!!!
He has a point. It’s crazy what lengths Americans will go to in order to not have to ride on trains.
@@kabubakuI live in Europe where trains are a common transportation to get anywhere. I don't see it as practical as a car though. To get to the other part of the Ile-de-France to see my brother I need to switch between 3 trains and takes 2,5 hours. While my brother drives me back on car in 40 minutes.
I’d love to ride in a Zoox vehicle-it looks like such a futuristic and innovative experience! I hope they expand to Santa Monica soon, just like Waymo has. It’s exciting to see the competition in the self-driving space pushing technology forward.
As for Waymo, I think it’s important to give credit where it’s due. From what I’ve read, most of the accidents involving their vehicles were actually caused by human drivers, not the self-driving systems. This highlights how autonomous vehicles could help reduce human errors on the road over time. Zoox and Waymo both have the potential to revolutionize urban transportation, and I can’t wait to see how these technologies develop!
What a great journalist! Thank you for breaking the ground on Zoox.
Actually a human driver hit the jay walker and threw the person into the cruise car. The cruise vehicle did NOT cause that accident but ofc the media focuses on the wrong thing.
No the car just kept driving with the person stuck underneath. Not something that would happen with a human driver.
@ okay but this accident started with a human driver they still haven’t found to this day. So idk why you would go “not something that would happen with a human driver” when the accident was caused by a human who ran away.
Also a handful of casualties versus how many human caused vehicular deaths? Where this specific one wasn’t even caused by the ai but another human idk i feel like people blame one side and not the side that ran away after hitting a woman.
The cruise car never stopped and it draged the victim
@@TheGuillotineKing it did stop, it dragged the victim of the bad human driver 20 feet as it pulled over. Robotaxis _will_ harm people in edge cases, but focusing on them, rather than the run-of-the-mill "inattentive bad human driver causes crash" that happens millions of times a year, is mistaken. The only question that should matter is whether they are safer than human drivers in the conditions in which they operate. Waymo is, Cruise probably was.
@@nathanielthelin1051 People get hit by cars everyday and it's not newsworthy.
I've been stuck behind these zoox Toyota's in San Francisco. They get stuck easily.
Several of my boomer friends say they will never own or even ride in an autonomous vehicle. I think the biggest obstacle these vehicles have is public perception. It may not be until a generation grows up that does not know any different before they are widely accepted. This was the case with computers and now we have generations that do not know life without them.
Boomers have the money to buy them. Just so you know
I'm a Boomer. There have been amazing improvements and boomers need to back off and stop complaining and get with the times.
It will be safe, convenient and affordable. You will also own nothing and be happy. When the time comes and your social credit score is low, you will feel sad but understand you cannot leave the city for a while. Until you become a good citizen and quit those archaic Christian thoughts, primitive humans used to have.
*accepted.
@@PTRAINBOY Boomers are getting old and will soon lose their licences. This will help them.
One thing I am wondering with the safety curtains: What if the vehicle ends up in a water, say too deep, and the curtain airbags choke the passenger(s)
This is at the concept stage and by the time it rolls out of production, these concerns would be addressed.
Why would the curtain airbags choke people in water?
great presenter, love her style 😄
Really? The color matching is terrible lol
This is SUPER cool - I can't wait to ride in one !!!
Waymo is launching their next gen shuttle soon, probably before zoox hits the road.
imagine a synchronized train of these kind of robotaxis, or a bigger robotaxi, the size of a bus or train
I like the design. It reminds me of a Sci-fi stagecoach. Development has to be a huge challenge; getting an analog "I.C.E." car to the point they're at now took a century, this will take a fraction of that time.
This seems like a perfect small mass transit vehicle, we'll beyond its stated taxi purpose. Small regular circuits to mass transit hubs could expand the reach of light rail and similar.
very well produced video, impressive 👍🏻
Seems better design than waymo/cruise/tesla robo taxi design!
Just amazing job that they doing, actually making self-driving happen ❤❤
I’m annoyed that none of these are part of the city’s existing transit system. Fragmentation.
Nobody wants a bus pass, a train pass, a self driving car pass, a monorail pass, a Tesla tunnel pass.
JUST ONE PASS. GETS. THEM. ALL.
All they would need to do is accept debit cards for tickets when you tag to get on.. In SF Bay Area, CA the transit service is supposed to do exactly that. But they are taking forever to set up the system..
@ The one that Antioch is getting is supposed to just accept Clipper Cards. This is how it should be.
If they’re running in Vegas they *should* take their transit card.
@@TransitAndTeslas yah thats what I was referring to. The Clipper system is supposed to start accepting any debit/credit cards when you tag instead of having to buy that blue card .
Yes, definitely need an integrated mass transit system. Robotaxis have the potential to reduce the “last mile” problem, although not during peak traffic hours. Also, since riders may have different destinations, it would be an interesting traveling salesman (logistics) problem to solve, with up to 4 destinations (4 passengers).
@jasonrhtx flying taxi drones just may be the answer to traffic issues ..
Waymo is so cool hopefully Zoox can do it too
Wow! This is the best thought out design for a robotaxi that I have seen or heard of! I wouldn't hesitate to ride in it. I have one question about the airbags deployment. It's going to displace a lot of air very quickly in that bubble. It could burst eardrums, and fill the space with noxious gases if there's no instant venting. How has this been accommodated?
Needs side marking lights under the doors... seems like a tripping hazard to get in or out at night, especially after a few drinks. 🙂
I hope my personal vehicle is a car like this. I won’t have to drive and I can do all my errands around town with far less stress from driving a car myself. Especially like the airbag system in these vehicles. Hope I can buy one of these as my personal vehicle. 🖖🏼✌🏼
This is literally the self driving vehicle from Black Mirror’s San Junipero episode that the senior lady from the retirement home and her caretaker use to visit her loved one that’s in a comma at a hospital. Random, but made me think, the future is here.
finally -- can you send one to long island, NY. I think these autonomous vehicles are the solution for the last mile in suburban areas. don't think they are ready for NYC yet but for suburbs yes. Also, we will need Universal health and basic income for drivers whose income will be impacted.
We might have to learn to heat the streets before they could even think of using this in the midwest. It would definitely take more learning to successfully navigate snow and ice.
This is one of the few cases of AI I'm actually looking forward to as a legally blind person who can't drive, and lives in an area with zero taxi service and extremely limited Uber(practicallynon-existant) - aka "the flyover states"
What about wheelchair/scooter access?
Baby pax?!? 🍼
I swear I saw one today in Austin. I was behind it so didn't notice how different it looked. It seemed to be doing fine.
I like this design , if the service is cheap I'll definitely use it. also, most of the robo taxi videos show vehicles going 10 miles an hour, this one is flying down the road at normal speed. regular drivers do not want slow driving bricks obstructing traffic flow. this guy looks like it will move with traffic.
I was in Phoenix couple of years ago and wanted to try a robo taxi (waymo). Only to learn you need to 'apply and be approved ' before you can ride (wayNo?). So if you are planning on riding, check these requirements before. I wish these journalists would talk about such requirements but they don't.
How about detecting then appropriately handling certain road conditions such as potholes and ice?
They should make it look like an old time horse carriage.
That would be hilariously cool! 😎
I would be interested in riding in robotaxi even owning autonomous driving vehicle. I don't like to drive and if autonomous vehicles are better than humans at accident avoidance then for sure. Another thing to consider is the mental and physical stress it puts on human driver to avoid accidents.
This is the vehicle that merits the term “RoboTaxi”
This design actually has met the criteria of the transport task
I be moving to Vegas in maybe few years hopefully I can ride one!
I live in Vegas and I'm waiting for availability. The app is still unavailable.
I'd love to have these available in Minneapolis. I've got real questions, though, about how well any robotaxi would operate in a blinding snowstorm. Or handle driving on ice. Gonna need some extra special lines of code for that.
3:40 but aren’t there microphones inside the cabin?
This could be a great in so many ways. Older people who can no longer drive can have their independence and people who've had too much to drink won't be tempted to drive home themselves. Ubers, taxis and public transportation aren't available in many places and are often limited in range.
I would travel in it. This is the future.
US needs a DEV town where we get all the new tech with no regular public but people working on improving this type of techs.
Sounds like a recipe for car crashes when they roll out to actual cities
Foster City has a yearly festival which I attended a few times since I lived in San Carlos nearby. I went once and bumped into a display that they had! I was wondering what they were doing there, but when they mentioned that’s where their HQ was (not surprised), that immediately explained it. Coincidentally, Tesla was founded originally in San Carlos. 😅
Looks less comfortable than the Waymo. Also, what's the side impact safety? Normal cars have doors instead of full-length windows
We already have Waymo here in Los Angeles. I'm also used to my Tesla driving anywhere without intervention, so I can see how this will all feel very normal in 4-5 years or so. I really think it's lights out for Uber/Lyft and in some cases, food delivery drivers. Well, we already have robots running around town delivering food, like Coco, so this is the near future. All of it.
This design makes a lot of sense
This looks so good! But it'll be weird at first not having a driver.
Honestly… This should be the only type of vehicle allowed in cities like New York and Seattle.
2:40 that's not her right?
What happens if a mugger steps in front of that vehicle? An acquaintance I know was recently involved in a potential car jacking and as a human driver she escaped by driving over a lawn.
I've followed the company since the beginning and it's quite upsetting not knowing anything about the self-driving software... The most important element for this to work!
Obviously their most valuable invention. Top secret stuff. Wouldn't want competitors getting any ideas...
@peacekeepermoe looks more like an empty shell to me. I hope I'm wrong
I would be impress if these cars have the capability to drive in cities like delhi , manila or Bangkok were traffic rules are more like suggestions than fixed policy.
I can't find the app in the Google Play Store
Wow imagine the amount of income and offshoot data mining possibilities with this. Amazon could give you free wifi but monetise all your browsing data. The same for recording audio from what people say in the taxi. This is so cool and will surely help make robo taxis even more profitable.
What about car sickness for the passengers facing backwards?
Um, it's not a public share ride. It's you and up to 3 of your friends/family. If the 3 people you are with won't let you sit in the forward facing seat due to getting car sick, you may want to question your friendships.
for sure they are driven remotely by someone in Bangalore
Will they be wheelchair accessible in the future?
Looks better than the Musk Taxi.
When this technology matures- what stopping them in marketing the vehicle to private owners? I mean, imagine a future where you don’t need to have driving license but still have access to use your private vehicle? A world of possibilities
Do these use sensors from Ouster?
what about the cost?
I hope people in wheelchairs can use this, but it seems you need to be sitting to use the touch panel but I cant wait to see this on the road.
How are they cleaned? If an entire fleet is put into service in a large city they are going to get really grungy - like every day. What if I get into one and it's nasty? What do I do and how do I call another one? Some people are terrible slobs. Also, you know that there will also be graffiti and intentional property damage.
Side-impact crash test results?
I wouldn’t mind owning one of those cars myself for personal use.
Eventually, a lot of cars in some of the states would be replaced by these robotaxis.
Btw, i like the outfit of the presenter.
How about in bad weather like a snow storm
I’m a boomer and I would hop into one of these tomorrow. When are they coming to Canada?
If they were screams of joy I would say maybe(better), otherwise I found this exciting & informative!Thank you
Bus in the background, @ :36, has a Free Guy advertisement. Free Guy came out in 2021. Is that clip from 2021?
I don’t see how RoboTaxi beats this. Perhaps as we have Fords and Toyotas and a sedans and trucks ppl will prefer one form of robo vehicle vs another.
I wish I could buy a car like this....think of being able to walk right in and all the space....it would be like a small RV
Great job, Abrar! Lots of great info in a short video!
This looks so much better than Tesla’s proposed robot taxi, in a number of ways. It is roomier, accommodates more riders, easier to get in and out of, and…it’s not a Tesla.
....There were like 18 seats in the tesla autonomous vehicle and could hold up to 20 people. You would know that if you didn't skim through the presentation because "Elon bad".
The fact that the area of operation needed to be pre-mapped. A processing time and expense that seems outdated. Tesla FSD is the superior solution and they should just use the FSD as an OS.
Great video
I'm still a little disappointed that Cruise/GM has delayed their Origin robotaxi.
Using Ouster Lidar sensor.
I’m one of those people that I’m usually down for any type of new tech, but I have to say self driving cars scare me a bit. Not so much at lower speeds as I think I’m ok with using them in the city and surface streets at speeds 50mph and under. It’s highway speeds that would scare me and I’m not in control. Also being in one of these in a hilly or mountainous area with cliffs! Nope!
I don’t know where you live but human drivers where I live can be terrifying.
And if you're a passenger in a taxi, you're also at the whim of the driver that you can't control. Nothing has changed AT ALL. Either way, you were never in control of the car.
how much?
6:07 SELF certified???
All auto manufacturers are self-certified to meet US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS). A selection of vehicles each year is selected by NHTSA to crash test in their NCAP (five star) program, conducted by contractors. The IIHS, an independent org funded by insurance companies, also crash tests US vehicles.
@Programmer7 wow, I never knew that. I see why some cars aren't allowed in Europe 🙂
If all vehicles on the road are autonomous, there's a chance there won't be any accidents. As long as there are people mixing up their unpredictability with autonomous vehicles, there will be danger.
great presentation