Electric driverless cars?
- Thread starter goodiepete
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... and with zero "carbon footprint".
On the other hand, when a driverless car doesn't like cyclists:
Debra
The Living Force
Geez, the power outage in San Fransisco didn’t turn out so well for the waymo driverless cars, OR the drivers who were forced to be in traffic jams CAUSED by the damn things.
These pictures brought to mind the scene in “Leave the World Behind” when all the Tesla cars were tearing down the roads, except these cars stopped, and just jammed up streets.
From an article linked below:
“Self-driving car service Waymo has temporarily suspended service in San Francisco after the autonomous cars caused major traffic jams during a citywide power outage, according to reports.
Waymo halted service in San Francisco as of Saturday at 8 p.m. after its vehicles snarled traffic during a nasty blackout that left traffic lights across the city down. Blackouts hit some 125,000 homes and businesses throughout the day, according to Mission Local.”
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These pictures brought to mind the scene in “Leave the World Behind” when all the Tesla cars were tearing down the roads, except these cars stopped, and just jammed up streets.
From an article linked below:
“Self-driving car service Waymo has temporarily suspended service in San Francisco after the autonomous cars caused major traffic jams during a citywide power outage, according to reports.
Waymo halted service in San Francisco as of Saturday at 8 p.m. after its vehicles snarled traffic during a nasty blackout that left traffic lights across the city down. Blackouts hit some 125,000 homes and businesses throughout the day, according to Mission Local.”
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