No airbag deployment. "Moderate injury" can be anything. So yeah, Waymo so far hasn't hurt anybody. I guess some mechanic also might have hurt themselves while servicing it?

Go on, give me the list of people hurt by Waymo. I'll wait. Still waiting. Waiting. OK, let me google it for you: https://www.reddit.com/r/SelfD...

So far, Waymo indeed hasn't hurt anybody.

Oh, puhlease. So far, Waymos have not hurt a single person. And the worst outcome was a bit less gridlock than during any regular blackout.

All the news outlets are basically bloviating about movie scenarios like: "But what if it's a Godzilla invasion and we need to make sure Voltron vehicles can quickly pass through".

Eh. Waymo will be fixed and it will be programmed to "safe" itself in case a widespread event occurs. Probably by driving until it finds a place to pull over and wait for the event to resolve.

If you look at development of ANY new large-scale technology (trains, cars, planes), it's always the same. You'll have hilarious early failures, catastrophes, unforeseen confluences of events leading to disasters, etc. But eventually all the glaring bugs get fixed.

Sure. And it's going to work for the next 5 years or so. Until Chinese-made cars become so good that President Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be pressured to allow the imports in exchange for licensing the technology.

To give you perspective, the most popular EV in China is Wuling MiniEV. It has the range of 100 miles and seats 2 people. The second most popular is Geely Xingyuan, it's a normal-sized 4-door car with 200 miles of range.

Pretty shitty stats, right? Well, the Wuling costs $4500 and Geely costs $9500. Without subsidies. A step-up BYD Dolphin is around $15000 and is on par with Tesla Model Y.

THIS is what is happening outside the US. The US carmakers are dead. Full stop. They are just decapitated chicken, flailing around, driven solely by the reflexes rooted in the spinal column.

They all look fake even in 24 fps? That's a part of fantasy films.

I'm not buying that. I guess higher FPS were a problem when every frame had to be reviewed and retouched on an actual celluloid film. But that hasn't been the case since the early 2000-s. We also have a bunch of movies shot at higher FPS and later downscaled for the theatrical release. They look just fine at higher FPS.

It really was all down to "soap operas are uncool".

I never understood why people were against higher FPS. They look objectively better! The real world is more than that, after all. And the argument against is apparently just "because soap operas were filmed at higher FPS, and soap operas are uncool".

Like, really? You're expecting younger audiences to care about soap operas from 80-s?

You can just stuff the same frame several times, effectively reducing the fps.

Ah, you're just saying that you're racist. Got it.

And? All Americans are murderers because: https://www.youtube.com/watch?... ? Where are the demonstrations? Where are the protests?

Mind you, in Russia an anti-war protest right now leads to 15 years behind bars.

Good job, comrade!

So, not a permanent Federal employment with its guarantees? But perfect for bribery and grift. Why this doesn't surprise me?

OK. But what about removing parts that are meant for private cars? I'm willing to subsidize the oil infrastructure for the things I use, after all.

The average large EV fuel economy is 4 _miles_ per kWh, but your math is correct. Except that you're comparing a large-ish SUV (Model Y) and the tiniest, most sluggish Camry. Model 3 RWD short range is 5 miles per kWh. Fuel price is also very volatile, and it's pushed down by the very EVs that benefit from its increase.

More importantly, the vehicle price itself is a big part of the savings. The US does NOT produce cheap EVs, but China does. E.g. Leapmotor A10 CUV is priced at $15k for the base model: https://moparinsiders.com/leap... Sure, it would be more expensive if produced in the US with the stronger safety standards and more expensive labor, but even at $25k it would blow any competition out of the water. The closest ICE car is something like Chevy Trax at $23k that has the 30mpg fuel economy. And EVs will get even cheaper as the battery R&D and capital expenses get paid back, ICE cars will not.

So yep. ICE cars are dead. The US just hasn't realized it yet.