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As much as I don't like self-driving cars, I must admit that Waymo indeed seems better.
However it would be interesting to see how this self-driving tech could be implemented in personal vehicles.
Tesla's "full self driving" is not a possibility for people without a driving license. AFAIK you already need to drive in order to have "full self driving", while Waymo can just act as a regular taxi but without a full time driver. And they don't just rely on cameras.
As someone without a driver's license the difference between both is enormous, but for a car company like Ford looking for real self driving, you also want something proved to be actually working without the need to be actively monitored by a human.
I hope we eventually get full self driving cars, I'm so sick of driving
I guess I can understand if you live in a place without public transit, but if this is the case, it's also remote enough so that "self driving cars" may not get there for some time. Waymo is using mapping tech and is not going out of a city any time soon.
And if your self driving vehicle is restricted to a single city or area, it becomes a matter of that city asking everyone to buy or use a self driving car because they can't finance an adequate and efficient public transit system.
It's just a gadget.
EDIT: I don't have car and already don't drive anywhere. Just like millions of other people in the world. But apparently, if you don't want to drive, you need a car that drives for you. There is simply no other solution.