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0 pointsJumpCrisscross1y ago0 comments

> the confidence to design for L5 autonomy from the start

L4. Waymo can't "drive everywhere in all conditions" [1]. (Nobody can. Not to L4 standards of never requiring "you to take over driving.")

[1] https://www.sae.org/blog/sae-j3016-update

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michaelt1y ago

I thought L4 was Tesla Autopilot style, someone in the driving seat, hands on the wheel, ready to take over with half a second's notice, and taking liability for insurance purposes? And the geofenced "freeway driving only" stuff some German carmakers are coming out with?

Whereas Waymo's taxis don't have anyone in the driving seat at all?

Philpax1y ago

I was under the same impression, but the parent poster is right: the main difference between L4 and L5 is universal applicability. Waymo is L4 as it can drive without a driver, but only in certain areas.

gizmondo1y ago

> I thought L4 was Tesla Autopilot style, someone in the driving seat, hands on the wheel, ready to take over with half a second's notice, and taking liability for insurance purposes?

That's L2.

tremon1y ago

> Nobody can

Do you mean this in the sense "even humans can't do this, it's too strict a requirement" or in the sense "no self-driving car has achieved this yet"?

rsanek1y ago

it can't drive everywhere now, but that doesn't mean they're not designing for that future.

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