Waymo Driver

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• WaymoRecommended for crash data showing far fewer injuries than human drivers and for confident, predictable rides, though critics cite overly slow driving, blocked traffic and privacy worries.696recommend
• Tesla RobotaxiPeople praise its smooth, natural driving and low fares compared with Waymo and Uber, and say rides work fine. Critics say crash rates and unclear human supervision remain unresolved.41recommend
• Tesla CybercabPeople recommend it as a much cheaper self-driving ride than Waymo, built as a two-seat vehicle. The most common caveat is that its self-driving safety and camera-only approach are unproven.21recommend

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The 40 most detailed of 50 comments. Each links to the original.

1. The lead that Waymo has acquired in perceiving its driverless car's environment will be almost impossible to kill.

   Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

2. Everything you’ve mentioned don’t do anything to diminish the magnitude of this achievement in the slightest.

   Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

3. Waymos get stuck in weird situations every day. They need intervention, even on their guardrails.

   Mixed · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

4. Waymo's approach is proven to be better with every public fully autonomous ride they complete.

   Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

5. The Waymo driver can measure the speed and the acceleration of the offending car

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Waymo 13x safer than human drivers”

6. Tesla EV performs far worse than the Waymo both during th crash and afterwards

   Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

7. Waymo is doing 1000x better at "full self driving" than Tesla ever has.

   Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

8. In a saner world Teslas would be running Waymo's self-driving stack

   Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Sub-$200 Lidar Could Reshuffle Auto Sensor Economics”

9. Waymo is good, but much more on guard rails in terms of its limits

   Mixed · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

10. Tesla hasn't achieved anywhere near the autonomy of Waymo

    Recommends · May 2026 · in “1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving'”

11. Waymo Driver 6 works. Level 4 automation, in commerce.

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Why Europe doesn't have a Tesla”

12. Waymo was proving that autonomous driving is feasible

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

13. The Waymo Driver is getting smarter all the time.

    Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Autonomously navigating the real world: lessons from the PG&E outage”

14. They have been fully autonomous for many years.

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

15. Waymo works while robotaxi doesn't.

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

16. Waymos are geofenced, restricted to certain roads, and have remote humans in the loop at lot more than most people assume.

    Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

17. Not actually autonomous until it can be more or less trusted to handle itself, without constant human supervision.

    Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

18. Waymo's strategy has been to start with a proof-of concept and gradually expand geography and capabilities.

    Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

19. It still needs human brains to take it by the hand and help it when it gets stuck in ambiguous situations

    Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

20. The roll out of this is clearly limited by the number of remote employees that are filling in the 1%.

    Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

21. The Waymo Driver is not "fully autonomous". It's an impressively well-functioning and safe system

    Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

22. stuck behind one that just decided to stop and turn on the hazards in the middle of a two-lane

    Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

23. Waymo had remote operators who could take over when needed for a long time.

    Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

24. it does not choose point A and point B on its own: a human chooses them.

    Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

25. Directing the movements of a car is now “fleet response”, not “driving”.

    Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

26. There is plenty of people saying that Tesla has unsupervised Robotaxis comparable with Waymo

    Mixed · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

27. it's easily the most exciting tech I interact with and I'm rooting for it whole-heartedly

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

28. the far more successful manufacturer of self driving cars is saying you're wrong

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

29. Congratulations to the Waymo team! I was excited reading through the overview.

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

30. I want a dead simple car with the Waymo Driver installed and integrated.

    Recommends · Sep 2026 · in “Toyota is taking the Corolla electric”

31. I've enjoyed my trips so far, but want them to stop breaking the law.

    Mixed · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

32. Compare to https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/ro-on-6th-gen-waymo-driver

    Mixed · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

33. Waymo was partnering with insurance companies to get hard data

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

34. works fine when it's snowing and roads are covered with snow

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

35. they take a much more conservative route than Tesla does

    Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Waymo CEO explains why Tesla's camera-only self-driving falls short”

36. For the record, I'm a fan of Waymo.

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

37. why draw a hard line on vision only when there is existing technology is available to augment it?

    Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

38. Ubiquitous self driving cars will spell the end of what's left of walkable areas in North America

    Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

39. Waymo is starting at 5x the cost, by the time a Waymo costs even the same price as a Model Y

    Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “Beginning autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo Driver”

40. as recently as 3 weeks ago, the Waymo driver was also driving into floodwaters

    Criticizes · Dec 2025 · in “Autonomously navigating the real world: lessons from the PG&E outage”