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Riding in a Self Driving Car - With Nobody Up Front | JJRicks Rides With Waymo #1

JJRicks · 97K views · 2020-10-14 · 1:21:52

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Overview

JJRicks rides in Waymo's fully driverless Level 4 cars in Phoenix with nobody in the front seats, across two long rides. It is the first in a series of such ride videos.

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HN people share it as first-hand evidence that driverless Waymo rides were already happening, including navigating a busy mall parking lot.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2020–2022

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Self-driving & autonomous vehicles
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What people said

badestrand · 2020-12 · Recommendation

Check out this video, it works really well: [VIDEO] ("Riding in a Self Driving Car - With Nobody Up Front")

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kobalsky · 2022-03 · Reference

yeah I reckon they started on the easiest place to implement. but it's still impressive seeing the thing driving around a shopping mall parking lot with pedestrian traffic, they put a lot of trust in this thing: [VIDEO]

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kobalsky · 2022-01 · Reference

[VIDEO] can't you get a ride in phoenix like today with waymo? or is not open to the public? I mean I understand that their AI is not perfect but it doesn't seem like a pipe dream

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