Is Waymo L5?

bryanlarsen 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

L5 means the car can drive everywhere a human can. Waymo's refuse to drive outside of a constrained area, and occasionally stop to ask for assistance, so that makes them L4.

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horhay 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This whole autonomous driving levels kinda muddies the waters. Some would argue this isn't full L4 even. But it is a self driving car in the places it offers its services.

	▲	AlotOfReading 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		What would be the argument that Waymo is anything except L4?

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yakz 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

No, L5 is a car that can drive itself anywhere in any conditions.

	▲	TulliusCicero 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		I think there's an implicit "where a decent human driver could drive safely" for L5, otherwise you get increasingly ridiculous scenarios like, "can Waymo drive safely in a whiteout blizzard?" or "can Waymo safely escape an erupting volcano??"