Cruise is also operating with a publicly (though, public waitlist) in a few cities: SF, Austin, Phoenix. Recently announced Miami and Nashville, too. I have access. Edit: also Houston and Dallas. Also probably Atlanta and other locations on their jobs page
Arguably SF, and possibly other cities don’t count. In SF, Waymo and Cruise require you to get on a relatively exclusive waitlist. Don’t see how it can be considered “publicly available”. Furthermore, Cruise is very limited in SF. It’s only available at 10pm-5am in half the city for a lot of users, including myself. I can’t comment on Waymo as it has been months since I’ve signed up for the waitlist.
In regard to Waymo (and Cruise, although I know less there) in San Francisco, the last CPUC meeting for allowing Waymo to charge for driverless service had the vote delayed. Waymo operates in more areas and times of day than Cruise in SF last I checked. https://abc7news.com/sf-self-driving-cars-robotaxis-waymo-cruise/13491184/
I feel like Paul’s right that the only crystal clear ‘yes’ is Waymo in Phoenix, and the other deployments are more debatable (due to scale and scope restrictions).
Cruise is also operating with a publicly (though, public waitlist) in a few cities: SF, Austin, Phoenix. Recently announced Miami and Nashville, too. I have access.
Edit: also Houston and Dallas. Also probably Atlanta and other locations on their jobs page
You mention eight cities here. Do they count for the bet?
Arguably SF, and possibly other cities don’t count. In SF, Waymo and Cruise require you to get on a relatively exclusive waitlist. Don’t see how it can be considered “publicly available”. Furthermore, Cruise is very limited in SF. It’s only available at 10pm-5am in half the city for a lot of users, including myself. I can’t comment on Waymo as it has been months since I’ve signed up for the waitlist.
In regard to Waymo (and Cruise, although I know less there) in San Francisco, the last CPUC meeting for allowing Waymo to charge for driverless service had the vote delayed. Waymo operates in more areas and times of day than Cruise in SF last I checked.
https://abc7news.com/sf-self-driving-cars-robotaxis-waymo-cruise/13491184/
I feel like Paul’s right that the only crystal clear ‘yes’ is Waymo in Phoenix, and the other deployments are more debatable (due to scale and scope restrictions).