We wondered what Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai meant when he said on their earnings call last Thursday that for Waymos, “there is future optionality for personal ownership.”
Well, we only had to wait a minute to find out. Waymo announced today that they’re developing autonomous technology with a little automotive manufacturer you may have heard of: Toyota.
Tucked into the announcement, Waymo also plans to release a generalizable autonomous driving system for any given vehicle. Read our full analysis!
Seriously! Amazing.
For me, my commute is easy, but I like road-tripping. I’ve got a flight ceiling of about 6 hours where it stops being fun. I’ve got a destination about 12 hours out that I love (Hot Springs AR, it rocks). I’d go to Hot Springs way more often if I didn’t need to drive it, or even if I could flip a switch and take a break safely.
We do road trips as well, and it would be a lot more fun if I could just take some motion sickness meds and play video games or watch a movie or something.