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EFF chair emeritus, Singularity U founding faculty, Self-Driving Car consultant, Entrepreneur, bradtem.bsky.social
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I Nailed a Robotaxi Forecast In 2013. Here’s Why Elon Keeps Blowing It Original

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By Brad Templeton
| Forbes Verified
Waymo promotes their plans to serve riders in London in 2026 Waymo Through a mix of luck and skill, I happen to have made the most accurate prediction of the timelines for robotaxis back in 2013. In this video, I show the prediction, and what factors led into it (and which didn’t) and I also show other’s predictions and explain what’s hard about forecasting revolutionary technology.
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Waymos Have Trouble With Floods, Which Is Surprising Original

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By Brad Templeton
| Forbes Verified
In this photo from May, a Waymo in San Francisco sits on a tow truck, though not from a flooding related breakdown. Brad Templeton The Waymo robotaxi service has been having a bad week, particularly in dealing with flooded roads. Waymos have driven into flooded streets and gotten stuck. One empty Waymo drive into a flood so severe it washed the car away.
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California Lets Cops Give Tickets To Robocars, Which Is Ridiculous Original

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By Brad Templeton
| Forbes Verified
My Waymo in L.A. parked blocking a lane to drop me off. Is ticketing the best way to deal with this? Brad Templeton A recent update to the California regulations around self-driving cars “fixes” a flaw in the earlier rules--it wasn’t clear how to cite a self-driving car if it violates the traffic rules, a situation where an officer would give a human driver a traffic ticket. The old rules demand you hand moving violation tickets to a driver.
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