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#Waymo will ausgemusterte Robotaxi-Akkus künftig als stationäre #Energiespeicher nutzen.
Gemeinsam mit #B2U entstehen Speicherlösungen, die mit großen

Zweites Leben: Alte Waymo-Akkus landen in Energiespeichern - Golem.de
Der Robotaxi-Anbieter Waymo plant für die Ausmusterung seiner ersten Fahrzeuge vor. Die Batterien sollen als Stromspeicher weitergenutzt werden.

“Waymo has told advocates that expecting it to respect bike lanes is ‘too high a bar’ because customers expect to be dropped off in them”
(quote is an advocate’s paraphrase, not verbatim from #waymo, but the point holds. AVs aren’t your friend if you want safe streets)

Waymo Is Not In The 'Vision Zero' Toolbox: Data - Streetsblog New York City
At least two of the cities where Waymo operates have not experienced declines in traffic-related injuries and deaths.

I can't help but wonder why 2 such known roadway safety issues - flooded roadways and construction zones - were not part of the part of the #Waymo development program.
Arizona has had the "Stupid Motorist Law" since 1995 - specifically aboout flooded roadways. Many (all?) states have laws about slowing in construction zones. This is not exactly obscure or arcane knowledge - but …

Waymo suspends all freeway rides over safety issues
The pause comes after the robotaxi company also recalled thousands of vehicles to address issues where some drove into flooded roadways they couldn’t traverse.

I can't help but wonder why 2 such known roadway safety issues - flooded roadways and construction zones - were not part of the part of the #Waymo development program.
Arizona has had the "Stupid Motorist Law" since 1995 - specifically aboout flooded roadways. Many (all?) states have laws about slowing in construction zones. This is not exactly obscure or arcane knowledge - but …

Waymo suspends all freeway rides over safety issues
The pause comes after the robotaxi company also recalled thousands of vehicles to address issues where some drove into flooded roadways they couldn’t traverse.

Looks like #Waymo is programmed to break the law in LA just like in SF. Here’s one illegally parking at a red curb to pick up passengers, blocking my DASH bus from stopping in downtown LA

The Chronicle has a new puff piece on #Waymo purporting to show San Franciscans just looooove them. But 57% of respondents still think they're at least partly bad. https://www.sfchronicle.com/s…

Just a #Waymo casually violating a red transit-only lane to sneak ahead of law-abiding human drivers. I love progress.

Another day, another #waymo breaking the law, this time blocking a crosswalk for an entire light cycle.

A #waymo in front of me just signaled right then changed lanes to the left.
Sooo safe! Robots never make mistakes! 🫠