The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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Waymo - first driverless robotaxi I've witnessed at SF fisherman's wharf. Quite impressive actually. Noticed while walking towards a restaurant at the wharf. Robocar was going around a tourist bus that was stopped and used the lane going in the opposite direction. I assumed it was manned as it did this quite naturally with pedestrians all around. It gingerly passed the parked bus before I realized it was driverless. It went on to park at a safer spot where a couple caught up to it (walking) and got in the back seats. Impressive for an area that is busy with cars and pedestrians. It looks like the typical Waymo modified Jaguar CUV. Both Waymo and Toyota Research are testing with drivers in Mountain View area. Toyota's version is Lexus of course.