I tried to use Waymo last weekend in Scottsdale. Most of the times I summoned a ride the app said that demand was very high and I wouldn't get a ride for at least half an hour. Went with Lyft instead. the one time I got a ride -- after a wedding reception -- the car rolled up, but the doors wouldn't open. Very frustrating. The company refunded me my fee.
Doug - I tried a Waymo for the first time recently too - about six weeks ago - after seeing multiple drop-offs at the hotel in Marina del Rey where we were staying. Waymo operates in about 90 square miles of LA. Particularly notable were how the AI handled two situations. (1) Initially stopping behind a car in our travel lane that was backing up to parallel park. Then proceeding and taking a very small excursion into the next lane to get around the other car once it was mostly in the parking space. The Waymo AI behaved just like a human driver would - doing the little jog maneuver to save a little time. And (2) Instead of dropping us at the curb by the restaurant that was our destination, it entered the small restaurant parking lot, dropped us at the valet station, waited until all of the cars in front of it had been parked by the valets, then exited out the back of the parking lot. All in all, it was a fantastic experience and one I'd gladly repeat.
I tried to use Waymo last weekend in Scottsdale. Most of the times I summoned a ride the app said that demand was very high and I wouldn't get a ride for at least half an hour. Went with Lyft instead. the one time I got a ride -- after a wedding reception -- the car rolled up, but the doors wouldn't open. Very frustrating. The company refunded me my fee.
Doug - I tried a Waymo for the first time recently too - about six weeks ago - after seeing multiple drop-offs at the hotel in Marina del Rey where we were staying. Waymo operates in about 90 square miles of LA. Particularly notable were how the AI handled two situations. (1) Initially stopping behind a car in our travel lane that was backing up to parallel park. Then proceeding and taking a very small excursion into the next lane to get around the other car once it was mostly in the parking space. The Waymo AI behaved just like a human driver would - doing the little jog maneuver to save a little time. And (2) Instead of dropping us at the curb by the restaurant that was our destination, it entered the small restaurant parking lot, dropped us at the valet station, waited until all of the cars in front of it had been parked by the valets, then exited out the back of the parking lot. All in all, it was a fantastic experience and one I'd gladly repeat.