Wednesday, February 1, 2017

The Transport Guy: Waymo's self-driving cars are performing way better (GOOG, GOOGL)

Steve Kovach February 01, 2017 at 09:38AM

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Waymo, the self-driving car company from Google's parent company Alphabet, showed a large improvement in its vehicle testing in 2016, according to a new report published Wednesday by the California DMV.

Waymo reported that it had 0.2 disengagements per 1,000 miles driven 2015. That's down from 0.8 disengagements per 1,000 miles in 2015.

In the self-driving car world, a "disengagement" is when a human tester has to take over from the automated driving system.

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Waymo's self-driving cars are performing way better (GOOG, GOOGL) from Business Insider: Steve Kovach

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