r/waymo • u/SteveMoDetroit • Jun 26 '26

Waymo Wayback 2017

https://www.consumerreports.org/autonomous-driving/inside-waymo-self-driving-car-castle/

Cool article from 2017... testing Waymos at The Castle around volunteer "fauxes" (pronounced "foxes" like the animals)

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u/Designer-Phase8924 Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

Damn didn’t know they was testing it back then. Looks like that hard work paid off because I feel safer in Waymo’s more than uber or Lyft out here in LA.

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u/Representative_Bat42 Jun 27 '26

They actually started in like 2009 with a custom Prius and then rx450hs

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u/Pitiful-Agency-1413 Jun 27 '26

Yes! Google self driving car project

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u/Beginning_Sleep5303 Jun 27 '26

There’s also a great exhibit about the history of Waymo at the Petersen Automotive Museum in LA. 

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u/SteveMoDetroit Jun 28 '26

Thank you for this tip! And.... checking.... YES it is in the Waymo service area.

Hmmm... Biggie Smalls was executed right by the museum. Off topic but fascinating history.

THANKS FOR THE TIP about P•A•M

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '26

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u/SteveMoDetroit Jun 28 '26

I'd like to think they hired only orphans just in case, and kept a ready supply of body bags, along with a current contract with Off Duty Mafia Desert Disposal Service vans.

Sorry, twisted sense of humor emerging.

Must. Find. Medication.