"When the [Vehicle Tracking System] connection drops, the anti-theft protocol kicks in, cutting fuel delivery and locking down the engine completely.
No telecomm, no go.
Waymo robots need telecomm to a variety of cloud & telops services.
www.autoblog.com/news/all-of-...
"When the [Vehicle Tracking System] connection drops, the anti-theft protocol kicks in, cutting fuel delivery and locking down the engine completely.
No telecomm, no go.
Waymo robots need telecomm to a variety of cloud & telops services.
www.autoblog.com/news/all-of-...
FWIW, Waymo should be around or approaching 150 million uncrewed VMT cumulatively. Waymo's last update was 100 million in early July.
philkoopman.substack.com/p/waymo-lots...
FWIW, Waymo should be around or approaching 150 million uncrewed VMT cumulatively. Waymo's last update was 100 million in early July.
philkoopman.substack.com/p/waymo-lots...
To reach their 2026EOY target of 1 million paid rides per week, Magna will have to increase the rate they install robotics hw in new vehicles from ~6/day to ~10/day in Q1 or else higher later.
To reach their 2026EOY target of 1 million paid rides per week, Magna will have to increase the rate they install robotics hw in new vehicles from ~6/day to ~10/day in Q1 or else higher later.
Accacia & Ottilia, Daly City, CA
Fred Again show at the Cow Palace ~quarter mile walk away.
Waymo has done this repeatedly north & east of the Cow Palace. Empty robots swarm ~block into neighborhoods.
OP: tiktok.ijustagorl
Accacia & Ottilia, Daly City, CA
Fred Again show at the Cow Palace ~quarter mile walk away.
Waymo has done this repeatedly north & east of the Cow Palace. Empty robots swarm ~block into neighborhoods.
OP: tiktok.ijustagorl
Roboclot and prob the second Waymo+Waymo crash.
Here are 3 videos of this incident post crash, inc the robots being assisted by humans (prob inc telops).
OP: tiktok.chii_rinna
Roboclot and prob the second Waymo+Waymo crash.
Here are 3 videos of this incident post crash, inc the robots being assisted by humans (prob inc telops).
OP: tiktok.chii_rinna
Too patient was long a main Waymo complaint/anecdote, which reversed as they've purposely increased aggressiveness, triggering a NHTSA investigation of Waymo around school buses/children.
Lifesafety narrows Goldilocks solution windows as AI obscurrs their edges.
Too patient was long a main Waymo complaint/anecdote, which reversed as they've purposely increased aggressiveness, triggering a NHTSA investigation of Waymo around school buses/children.
Lifesafety narrows Goldilocks solution windows as AI obscurrs their edges.
Unknown how much Waymo is allowing fwy driving, eg I have Waymo One access from San Francisco to San Jose but all freeways are excluded.
Unknown how much Waymo is allowing fwy driving, eg I have Waymo One access from San Francisco to San Jose but all freeways are excluded.
20 times, diverse conditions
www.statesman.com/business/tec...
20 times, diverse conditions
www.statesman.com/business/tec...
Serve is a spinoff of Uber's acquisition of Postmates. Last quarter their revenue covered 3% of expenses.
OP: tiktok.keencobb
Serve is a spinoff of Uber's acquisition of Postmates. Last quarter their revenue covered 3% of expenses.
OP: tiktok.keencobb
Waymo said on Friday it was "continuing to operate" and it believes its software updates have made its vehicles' performance "better than human drivers in this important area."
"better than human drivers" doesn't comply w AV laws anywhere, AFAIK.
www.reuters.com/world/waymo-...
Waymo said on Friday it was "continuing to operate" and it believes its software updates have made its vehicles' performance "better than human drivers in this important area."
"better than human drivers" doesn't comply w AV laws anywhere, AFAIK.
www.reuters.com/world/waymo-...
Austin ISD has its own police dept w ~150 staff.
We may have to wait for Waymo's official NHTSA recall notice next week to find out if their sw recall for this defect is a 3rd attempt to fix this or the already failed fix.
Austin ISD has its own police dept w ~150 staff.
We may have to wait for Waymo's official NHTSA recall notice next week to find out if their sw recall for this defect is a 3rd attempt to fix this or the already failed fix.
then their robot did it again.
Waymo is "planning to issue a voluntary software recall...next week, Mauricio Peña, chief safety officer at Waymo, told CBS News late Friday."
For their 11/17 non-fix or a new maybe-fix?
then their robot did it again.
Waymo is "planning to issue a voluntary software recall...next week, Mauricio Peña, chief safety officer at Waymo, told CBS News late Friday."
For their 11/17 non-fix or a new maybe-fix?
On ave in California, ~2 Waymo robots are stuck w passenger(s) unable to move without human assistance (telops, field rescue driver, police takeover, tow), per CPUC.
OP: tiktok.carlita__00
On ave in California, ~2 Waymo robots are stuck w passenger(s) unable to move without human assistance (telops, field rescue driver, police takeover, tow), per CPUC.
OP: tiktok.carlita__00
Waymo describe this as the cat darting under their robot. Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should be publicly available in ~10 days.
OP: tiktok.nytimes
Waymo describe this as the cat darting under their robot. Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should be publicly available in ~10 days.
OP: tiktok.nytimes
Waymo's robots lack situational awareness to an alarming and prob unacceptable extent.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Waymo's robots lack situational awareness to an alarming and prob unacceptable extent.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Jaguar I-Pace has a wading depth of almost 20 inches.
Waymo, not a ride, an adventure.
OP: x.kwuchu
Jaguar I-Pace has a wading depth of almost 20 inches.
Waymo, not a ride, an adventure.
OP: x.kwuchu
I don't think ppl appreciate what a thin margin Waymo has.
static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2025...
I don't think ppl appreciate what a thin margin Waymo has.
static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2025...
IMO, NHTSA should expand this investigation to inc similar Waymo misbehavior/incidents w police & fire vehicles and prob transit as well. All similar defect/fault pattern, AFAICT.
IMO, NHTSA should expand this investigation to inc similar Waymo misbehavior/incidents w police & fire vehicles and prob transit as well. All similar defect/fault pattern, AFAICT.
Kipling St by University Ave, Palo Alto
The nearly 100 year old Varsity Theatre (now a Blue Bottle) can be seen in the background.
OP: tiktok.xo_huizar
Kipling St by University Ave, Palo Alto
The nearly 100 year old Varsity Theatre (now a Blue Bottle) can be seen in the background.
OP: tiktok.xo_huizar
If these regulations go through, then uncrewed/driverless trucks >10k lbs will for the first time be legal in California and with a permitting scheme.
www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehic...
If these regulations go through, then uncrewed/driverless trucks >10k lbs will for the first time be legal in California and with a permitting scheme.
www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehic...
On Nov 5th, Waymo told AISD they'd changed their sw. Within a week AISD recorded 7 more violations. Another in Waymo's recurring pattern of a fix-not-fixing.
www.statesman.com/business/tec...
On Nov 5th, Waymo told AISD they'd changed their sw. Within a week AISD recorded 7 more violations. Another in Waymo's recurring pattern of a fix-not-fixing.
www.statesman.com/business/tec...
NASA also has some good not too technical explanations, particularly of how they invented/perfected communications over vast distances.
1. shows how big tech operates on intuitions and vibes and not rigorous research
2. this is a masterpiece in how to breakdown complex scientific concepts in simple language and elegant pros that captivate the lay reader
taranis.ie/datacenters-...
NASA also has some good not too technical explanations, particularly of how they invented/perfected communications over vast distances.
Missed ad sales goals helped accelerate the bursting of the dotcom bubble, as the boom had been fueled in part by startups buying marketshare via ads and once that faded...deluge.
Missed ad sales goals helped accelerate the bursting of the dotcom bubble, as the boom had been fueled in part by startups buying marketshare via ads and once that faded...deluge.
The servers of Tesla, Waymo, etc contain a wealth of evidence of illegal driving by their tech, should regulators ever want to enforce the laws.
All fun until the forensic investigators arrive.
The servers of Tesla, Waymo, etc contain a wealth of evidence of illegal driving by their tech, should regulators ever want to enforce the laws.
All fun until the forensic investigators arrive.