🟢 Waymo has quietly crossed 50 million autonomous miles with fewer crashes than human drivers—right when no one’s watching.
The hype cycle has moved on, headlines have cooled, but that’s exactly when deep tech innovation gets real: boring, unsexy, and quietly transformative. Waymo’s data now shows statistically safer driving at scale—marking the inflection point where the tech becomes not just viable, but inevitable.
The breaking news no one paid attention to last week is that self-driving cars are now demonstrably safer than humans. Here we are. The big tech promise has been delivered...
After 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human drivers
Waymo has been in dozens of crashes. Most were not Waymo’s fault.
Timothy B. Lee
So what should you make of that, and most importantly, what are the key innovation takeaways?
