Walmart delivery powered by Cruise – Self-driving deliveries are here
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> Walmart’s self-driving delivery pilot with Cruise is active with limited availability from the Walmart at:
> 4915 N Pima Rd
> Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Like Waymo in Chandler/Gilbert, and Apple in Tempe/Chandler/other, Cruise is also starting in Arizona largely due to spread out square mile initial testing grounds.
You don't usually hear much about their Scottsdale operation. It's much more low key than what they're doing in SF.
I am sure Cruise will expand it in Arizona. Most of the self-driving operations are in the East Valley (Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe) as the roads are pretty simple and square. The Scottsdale area this is in also pretty simple and by the reservation.
Self-driving cars are everywhere with Waymo in Arizona as well, many entirely unattended. If you drive anywhere you see them.
For Waymo samples, this JJRicks Studios channel [3] did a series on it for a while to show rides with no driver.
Waymo does have a team that follows cars in trouble, on the infamous "cone" one you can see it [4].
For the most part the operation is solid, very few incidents like the "cone" incident where the cone was just in between LiDAR and CV detection and probably caused a covering of the line that confused the decision process. These types of issues are best to resolve in a baseline test with little change before the more challenging ones.
[1] https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2020/11/10/walmart-te...
[2] https://azbigmedia.com/business/could-125m-land-deal-launch-...
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBJ0GvsQeak&list=PL-13jt3ZPb...
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdKCQKBvH-A&list=PL-13jt3ZPb...