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[max.bravo]

At some point there must be a winner between the LIDAR vs optical sensors.

[lanforod]

At some point there must be a winner between the LIDAR vs optical sensors.

 

Why 'must' there be? Both can co-exist, they do currently. Maybe something else will pop up, maybe a system with multiple types will pop up etc.

[splashflash]

Waymo races ahead of Tesla with robotaxi launches set for Miami, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando
 
https://seekingalpha...nio-and-orlando

And Tampa, Minneapolis and New Orleans
https://seekingalpha...and-minneapolis

[Victoria Watcher]

[Victoria Watcher]

Waymo ordered to halt overnight charging at two Santa Monica lots after complaints

 

https://ktla.com/new...n-santa-monica/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 November 2025 - 08:12 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Robotaxi giant Waymo lobbying B.C. for changes to ban on driverless vehicles

Company says it's engaging with officials across Canada to help explain technology, advocate for legal frameworks allowing it to operate

https://www.biv.com/...hicles-11576154

[Victoria Watcher]

 

^Now imagine this.  BC's first autonymous shuttle bus.  A pair, driving this route all day long, at 30kmh maximum.

[Mike K.]

Causing traffic maybe with every trip. The tech can’t handle the speed limit?

[Victoria Watcher]

Causing traffic maybe with every trip. The tech can’t handle the speed limit?

 

The politicians can't handle the speed limit for autonymous vehicles.

 

This will cause no traffic back-up.     It'll only be a 10 or 11-minute drive.   It stops and waits 9 minutes at each end (charges at one end during this time, if required).  2 of them, so it leaves each end every 20 minutes.  The longest you ever wait for one is 11 minutes.   The rest of the time, you are either travelling in it, or nicely out of the weather, waiting inside it until it goes.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 07 December 2025 - 09:21 AM.

[Mike K.]

Can you perform surgery on that bus, though? That might make the alcoholic surgeons calling for autonomous vehicles happy.

[Victoria Watcher]

https://x.com/Sawyer...563326586962409

 

[Victoria Watcher]

https://x.com/Sawyer...243989036110108

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The sighting comes just weeks after CEO Elon Musk confirmed Tesla would remove safety monitors from its Austin robotaxi fleet by year-end.

 

Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s founding member of the AI team and the current VP of AI, reacted to the sighting on X, saying: “And so it begins!”

 

Here’s the video shared by the X user.

 

 

 

https://eletric-vehi...sighting-video/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 14 December 2025 - 10:01 AM.

[Mike K.]

Waymo trolled by a mass hailing of their autonomous vehicles to a dead-end street.

- https://www.autoblog...dead-end-street

While Walz insisted the stunt was done in good fun and expressed admiration for Waymo’s technology, the incident sparked debate about autonomous vehicle traffic vulnerabilities. Some commenters praised it as a useful stress test, while others warned about potential malicious applications. This could include the likes of delaying emergency services during critical events like terrorist attacks.

“Like a rock” is going to have a different meaning with autonomous cars.

[Victoria Watcher]

"Mass hailing" should just be treated as criminal mischief like a bunch of people falsely caling 911 would be. It's no big deal.

[Victoria Watcher]

In 5 years when almost every new car is self-driving we will look back on Mikes funny posts.

[Mike K.]

You said that five years ago.

[LJ]

"Mass hailing" should just be treated as criminal mischief like a bunch of people falsely caling 911 would be. It's no big deal.

That is an interesting question I hadn't thought of before. Say you are planning to rob a bank or shoot up someplace, you could create a traffic jam to give you time to complete your task or close up every inbound route, leaving you an escape route.

Why go out on a mass protest that shuts down streets when you could just call in a bunch of Waymo's to do the job.

[Victoria Watcher]

Meanwhile, rival Waymo is expanding rapidly. The Alphabet-owned robotaxi service is now clocking 450,000 weekly driverless rides across Austin, Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Atlanta. That’s an 80% increase from 250,000 rides the company disclosed six months ago. It plans to expand to 11 more U.S. cities by the end of 2026.

 

https://currently.at...-084350948.html

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 15 December 2025 - 03:26 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Ford Mustang Mach-E is London’s first self-driving car

 

 

10th December 2025

 

James Day

 

 

London is no stranger to transport revolutions. From the world’s first underground railway to the rise of the black cab, the capital has long been a proving ground for new ways of moving people.

Now, a British artificial-intelligence company is preparing the city for its next leap: self-driving cars navigating real London roads, in real traffic, without relying on detailed pre-mapped routes. And in an unexpected twist, the autonomous fleet of choice is the electric Ford Mustang Mach-E.

 

 

https://www.goodwood...lf-driving-car/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 15 December 2025 - 11:21 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Waymo Hits 20M Robotaxi Rides, Targets $100B Valuation

Waymo just hit a major milestone in the autonomous driving race, announcing it has now surpassed 20 million fully autonomous, paid robotaxi trips with public riders. The update underscores how far Alphabet’s self-driving unit has come as it reportedly prepares for a massive new funding round that could value the company at nearly $100 billion.

 

https://teslanorth.c...eyes-15b-raise/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waymo is raising $15B. Why Tesla has the robo-taxi advantage.

Alphabet controls Waymo, but the tech giant has other investors in its robo-taxi business. The money would be used for expansion. Waymo operates in five cities—San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, Phoenix, and Atlanta—and plans to expand soon into a dozen more, including New York, Miami, London, and Tokyo.

More cities mean more cars, which cost money. Cars are one advantage Tesla has over Waymo. Tesla can produce millions of cars a year, and each Tesla rolling off the assembly line has the hardware required to run its most advanced self-driving technology.

Waymo doesn’t take a back seat to Tesla, though. It completes more than 450,000 fully autonomous cab rides per week. Tesla still has safety monitors driving along with robo-taxi riders in Austin, Texas. What’s more, Alphabet itself has the financial power to support Waymo’s expansion.

https://www.msn.com/...ce-verthp-feeds