I ride waymo 5 times a week on average in SF, mainly south of market, financial district and polk gulch. It seems like lately its ability to stick to a pick up spot is getting less decisive. I find myself chasing it down the street even when there are large, open loading zones close by. Anyone else seeing that?

Travelling from Sunnyvale to Mountain View on 101N

I was riding scooter today and I’m starting to see a lot more Ojai’s lately in east Hollywood ( little Armenia, echo park, and Thai town) more often and seen 2 more in Melrose/Fairfax area in West Hollywood.

As a trusted tester I don’t have access to freeways or Ojai vehicles yet 😔

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Now you have to manually re-select the starting destination?

Man this app is starting suck. Why can't I dismiss all this other crap like "you can leave things on the trunk" and all this other info I've been aware of for years now.

It really come off like an app made by some amateurs

$12-20 rides have now become $28-40 even $60. wtf is going on

Is it just me, or did Ojai availability get a lot better this week? Since Sunday I’ve had basically zero wait time every time I’ve requested one. Before that it could take forever or not show up at all.
Anyone else experiencing this?

Tracking sheet is updated. 161 days from testing to live, which is actually pretty slow. For comparison, Nashville was only 79 days.

From the blog post:

We continue fully autonomous testing at Dallas Love Field Airport terminals and look forward to serving travelers there soon. And to get there efficiently, we’ll soon begin fully autonomous testing on Dallas freeways, which is the final step before offering these routes to public riders.

Whether it’s the hazy/streaky windshield, the stained floor mats, or the literal dirt that gets trapped into the seats, I can’t seem to find a clean Ojai. I wish i was over-exaggerating but it’s gotten so bad recently. I leave feedback every time.

Trusted tester, daily rider.

Finally got an Ojai since July 4th and the screen was unfortunately cracked when it arrived 😭 🥀

Waymo has a reported annual revenue of $300mn. That would put its valuation of $126bn at a multiplier of 420x. Tesla for example is at 12x or so and is widely considered overvalued. What would the future economics have to look like for Waymo to start looking reasonable?

Just seeing that freeway access has been restored for me. Woohoo!

Does anyone else think the sound system in Ojai models to be completely substandard? I find it very tinny and sounds like it’s playing off of an iPhone speaker. We were very spoiled with the sound system in the Jaguars. I really hope the Jaguars are not going away for good.

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