En journalist från TechCrunch har fått åka i en självkörande bil från Waymo utan någon annan person inne i bilen [1].
Åkturen ägde rum förra veckan på en allmän väg i en förort till Phoenix i Arizona inom ramen för programmet Waymo One. Detta markerade början av nästa fas i programmet: att erbjuda mobilitetstjänster utan någon säkerhetsförare bakom ratten.
Så här beskriver journalisten sin upplevelse: My 10-minute ride from a park to a coffee shop was very much like any other ride in a “self-driving” car. There were moments where the self-driving system’s driving impressed, like the way it caught an unprotected left turn just as the traffic signal turned yellow or how its acceleration matched surrounding traffic. The vehicle seemed to even have mastered the more human-like driving skill of crawling forward at a stop sign to signal its intent. Only a few typical quirks, like moments of overly cautious traffic spacing and overactive path planning, betrayed the fact that a computer was in control.
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[1] Niedermeyer E., TechCrunch. Hailing a driverless ride in a Waymo. 2019-11-01 Länk