4 months, 3 weeks ago

Get in, Loser—We’re Chasing a Waymo Into the Future

WIRED happens to have a bureau in one of Waymo’s first markets, which is both an asset and a challenge: The novelty of being on the road with a bunch of robots has largely worn off for us in San Francisco, too. 8:42 AM “Morning robotaxi chasers!”—The opening words of WIRED’s game-day group chat. Our idea: We’ll pile a few of us into an old-fashioned, human-piloted hired car, then follow a single Waymo robotaxi wherever it goes for a whole workday. If you’re blinded by the glare as he approaches, then let us tell you: He looks exactly like Steve McQueen, the race-car-driving star of Bullitt. If anything he vaguely resembles Jean Reno, the five-o’clock-shadowed French-Moroccan action hero from another movie with a classic car chase, Ronin.

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