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Published · transcript-backedDmitri Dolgov: preference
24 Mar 2026 Cheeky Pint The 20-year journey to fully autonomous cars with Dmitri Dolgov of Waymo
“You can specialize even more to make the experience even more magical around the rider. But I guess it would have been disappointing without the specialized car, and I think I would have been surprised if we leveled off at some other much lower level of customer adoption because a car seems like more of an optimization improvement, but the core of the value proposition comes from those other factors.”
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- Dmitri Dolgov
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- 24 Mar 2026
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- Cheeky Pint
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…No, Waymo is a great product. But I guess this is why we're seeing such consistency in car. It drives well, very predictable. You can go beyond that. You can specialize even more to make the experience even more magical around the rider. But I guess it would have been disappointing without the specialized car, and I think I would have been surprised if we leveled off at some other much lower level of customer adoption because a car seems like more of an optimization improvement, but the core of the value proposition comes from those other factors. Yes. I guess it just take risk on one thing at a time. We'll start by doing the software layer, and then we'll build a specialized car or something like that.…
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