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0 pointsapercu6mo ago0 comments

I think some of the “hate” is the hype. We’re all tired of companies announcing ground breaking tech that isn’t readily available a decade later.

I don’t live in California (like most of the population of the planet) - Toronto for 18 years and now the American side of the Great Lakes.

Ice storms, snow, sleet, cold weather 5-6 months out of the year. Batteries suck in the cold, sensors fail or under-perform. Hell, door handles and windows struggle in this weather.

Waymo is not a thing in NY or Chicago or Minneapolis or Philadelphia (I could go on).

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abraxas6mo ago

And that's just in North America where cities were built for cars and with cars in mind. Autonomous driving in Europe or Asia is likely a magnitude harder due to windy roads, non trivial intersections, complex interactions of humans, bikes, trams and cars etc.

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0 pointsapercu6mo ago0 comments

I think some of the “hate” is the hype. We’re all tired of companies announcing ground breaking tech that isn’t readily available a decade later.

I don’t live in California (like most of the population of the planet) - Toronto for 18 years and now the American side of the Great Lakes.

Ice storms, snow, sleet, cold weather 5-6 months out of the year. Batteries suck in the cold, sensors fail or under-perform. Hell, door handles and windows struggle in this weather.

Waymo is not a thing in NY or Chicago or Minneapolis or Philadelphia (I could go on).

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abraxas6mo ago

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