I think the mobile mechanic idea is really good and I see several different companies in my area. Repairsmith.com and wrench.com have decent websites and service offerings. I would look for the top 10 mobile mechanic companies and study what services they offer and how each company stands out. Write down the pros and cons for each of them. Find out how much they charge. Then build a short 5 year plan with... Source: over 1 year ago

I have used https://wrench.com/ a couple of times for things I did not want to do myself. Prices were lower than shop quotes, and the work was done promptly and professionally. Source: almost 2 years ago

I have had excellent experience with Wrench twice over the last year. You schedule a time and they come to your house. Source: about 2 years ago

I used a mobile mechanic once when my car wouldn't start. They had it diagnosed and fixed in less than an hour and I didn't have to tow it. (My 02 sensor or something was dirty, fucking stupid). I used these guys. Source: almost 3 years ago

Foxglove CEO Adrian Macneil will talk about the recurring challenges he encountered while heading infrastructure at Cruise, and how that experience led to him founding Foxglove. Afterwards, we’ll have a live demo of the Foxglove platform, with some specific robotics development use cases. Source: 10 months ago

Let me challenge you on this one: We already know Volkswagen has CARIAD, Toyota has Woven (and TRI), Stellantis has STLA Brain, and GM has Ultifi and Cruise. Source: about 1 year ago

I think it's a shame that Cruise https://getcruise.com/ isn't mentioned thus far. They've been fully autonomous in San Francisco for something like a year, and are piloting in Austin and Phoenix(?) ... No need to own a car if it can be doing dozens of trips instead of paying for parking. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

I’ve experienced this at Cruise AI myself as an engineer in the Machine Learning Accelerators (MLA) team. Deploying big, bulky models onto hardware constrained environments like an autonomous vehicle with strict system performance limits remain a significant challenge. Friends working at various AI and robotics teams have expressed similar frustrations. Source: about 1 year ago

I'm not sure what you can do to ride in a Waymo specifically, but if you're just looking to ride in a driverless car, you can also try Cruise. They have an autonomous fleet in SF, but I think they only operate after 10pm. More info here. Source: over 1 year ago