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by plastic3169 244 days ago
> ”Full self driving" is another example; your car won't be doing this, but companies will brag about limited roll-outs of niche cases in dry, flat, places that are easy to navigate.

Not expecting my car to be self-driving anytime soon, but I have understood there is actual working robotaxi service in San Francisco which is not easy or flat? I think we can’t keep saying self driving cars will never happen when this kind of thing already exists.

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It's true that SF isn't flat, but it's incredibly well mapped, it never snows and you don't have to worry about roads ravaged by frost-heaves. There's a reason that the new Doordash automated delivery service is starting off in Phoenix and not Boston for example.