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What will it take to make you seriously consider an EV?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by jiggyfly, Mar 31, 2021.

  1. mtbrays

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    I rode in a Waymo for the first time when I visited Austin last week. It was fun and nice to not deal with with Uber driver chitchat. It got stuck in the parking lot for a while when it came to pick me up and I didn't know the cues to look for before I could open the doors, but I would ride in one again. Automated cars are one of the areas I see massive public benefit for AI.
     
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    Curious, how does it know where your standing, like when I use Uber at IAH there are zones and you put in your zone? I think I would be super nervous
     
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    It didn't really care where I was standing. I tried to call it from a coffee shop parking lot and that was a mistake. I had to call their customer service line when it got stuck and wouldn't let me get inside. They said it would eventually leave and find an open street parking space before the doors would open. Once that happened, I was able to get in easily.
     
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    I honestly think Elon just bs'es people year after year to bide time so he can get his Mars rocket going, then escape there when nobody's looking, set up a television broadcast studio, and moon the entire planet on tv.
     
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    With a caption:
    BREAKING: COMEDY IS LEGAL
     
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    Having to call customer support to get in your autonomous taxi is in fact, not autonomous.
     
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    Yeah it wasn't seamless. Part of me wondered if that was because of the Jaguar's design.
     

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