Will Waymo Save On Gas Money?
Waymo, Google’s self driving car business, says it is safer than human drivers. The software has operated a few cars that got in accidents. However, it is being tested in several cities. Odds are that it will be the first self-driving system that gets broad adoption. It will drive people, but will lower the use of fossil fuels by a meaningful number. That answer may be “no.”
One benefit, Google says, is that Waymo can work on a number of car models. Unlike Tesla’s self driving feature that only works on Teslas.
One fiction is that Waymo is designed for EVs. The fact of the matter is that it works on a broad array of vehicles. If US EV sales remain 15% of total industry sales, it will be critical that Waymo can power all of these, or at least Google can say it is an option.
Will It Help Sell Gas Powered Cars?
Waymo may be the best thing that ever happens to the gas powered car business. It will offer what may be the best reason for Americans to buy new cars.
Self driving cars have and can develop on an entirely different track that EVs in terms of engines and basic functions
Car companies that want a reason to invite drivers to showrooms have another sales pitch. That means that Waymo may not be green at all.
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