alt.hn

5/22/2026 at 7:25:35 PM

Waymo expands pause to four cities as robotaxis keep driving into floods

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/waymo-pauses-service-in-four-cities-as-robotaxis-keep-driving-into-floods/

by Vaslo

5/23/2026 at 7:08:55 AM

Does anyone have insight into how waymo is actually doing as a business? It seems to be unaffordable in the bay area. 2-3x the cost of Uber/lyft whenever I've checked. It is very cool, but I can't imagine they're doing well at that price point

by raz32dust

5/23/2026 at 3:50:29 PM

The waymos are so consistently badly overpriced I've stopped even bothering to look. Nobody I know rides them! But they have riders more than half the time I walk by them, so clearly they're making money off somebody...

by jcalvinowens

5/23/2026 at 5:16:55 PM

When I was in LA they were consistently cheaper than Lyft

by bl4kers

5/23/2026 at 10:47:17 AM

This is the novelty price point. When mainstream supply and demand will adjust to reasonable value.

by tdy_err

5/23/2026 at 11:43:24 AM

Supply is very limited right now. They're not making more of their v5 Jaguar vehicles. They expected to have lots of their v6 Zeekr vehicles at this point, but choosing a Chinese manufacturer just before Biden and Trump clamped down on them didn't work out so well in hindsight. The v6+ Hyundai models should start showing up in volume soon though.

by bryanlarsen

5/23/2026 at 8:19:06 AM

Is it because they do not have the cameras and AI to properly detect and navigate the fuzziness?

by andsoitis

5/23/2026 at 1:43:30 PM

way2go

by sharts

5/23/2026 at 4:27:01 AM

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