Waymo launches civilian test program for fully self-driving taxis
Waymo, an autonomous vehicle development company under the umbrella of
Waypoint --The official Waymo blog: Welcoming our first riders in San Francisco
https://blog.waymo.com/2021/08/welcoming-our-first-riders-in-san.html
Waymo One
https://waymo.com/waymo-one/
The fully self-driving taxi Waymo One has been officially launched in Phoenix since October 2020. Users of Waymo One gave a favorable evaluation that 'driving is so smooth that you do not notice that the computer is driving', and there was also a strict opinion that 'it is too cautious when there are pedestrians nearby'. ..
What is the safety of riding the 'Waymo' self-driving car more than 60 times? --GIGAZINE
After that, Waymo started test driving of self-driving cars in San Francisco in February 2021. According to Waymo, San Francisco has various road conditions such as 'small side roads', 'highways', 'car lanes', and 'tram tracks', and 'pedestrians', 'bicycles', 'scooters', 'emergency vehicles', and 'road surfaces'. The road is crowded with 'trains'. Waymo said it had made improvements in both hardware and software to address the road conditions in San Francisco.
And on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, it was announced that Waymo One's public test program 'Trusted Tester ' will be launched in San Francisco. With Trusted Tester, you can ride a self-driving car based on
At the same time as the announcement, Waymo released a movie summarizing the impressions of people riding self-driving cars in San Francisco.
In the movie, you can see how the steering wheel with the Jaguar logo moves automatically.
When a person approaches the self-driving car, the position of the person is displayed on the in-vehicle monitor. Also, at the bottom left of the monitor, there are 'Pull over button to stop on the shoulder' and 'Call Support button'.
When the people around me were reflected on the monitor, the child on board was laughing while comparing the outside with the monitor.
'I got over the speed limit step, but the car didn't jump up.'
'It's really cool to have a button on the shoulder that allows you to park.'
'I'm 6 feet 4 inches tall, but I can afford it.'
The woman who gets out of the self-driving car and is asked 'How was it?' Answers 'Great!'.
'I felt Waymo was really good for driving in big cities,' he said.
In addition, in the official service that has already started in Phoenix, completely unmanned driving without a driver is performed, but in Trusted Tester, a driver with expertise on Waymo One will be on board.
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