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Waymo, Tesla and others are racing to build a potentially trillion-dollar robotaxi business. But after riding in both cars, visiting Waymo’s San Francisco depot, interviewing safety engineers, and activists — we discovered that nothing on the road today is truly autonomous. In this episode of The Limit, we explore all the reasons why self-driving cars are almost impossible.

00:00 – Nothing Is Autonomous
00:57 – Lidar vs. Camera Only
03:05 – The School Bus Problem
05:28 – Levels Of Automation
07:27 – Snow
09:22 – The Long-Tail Problem
14:49 – The Human-To-Car Ratio
15:32 – Stuck In A Waymo
18:11 – Inside Waymo’s Depot
22:00 – Scale
26:33 – Resistance
31:06 – Where Full Autonomy Happens First
35:55 – Final Thoughts
39:42 – Credits
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