During our innovation trip to the United States , we had the chance to experience something you can only find here – a fully autonomous ride with Waymo.
In San Francisco, it’s surprisingly easy to book a Waymo. You just download the app, set your destination, and wait for your car to arrive – with no driver inside. These self-driving vehicles are now a common sight in the city, and locals barely react when they see one pass by. It’s part of their everyday life.
What’s most impressive is how safe and smooth the ride feels. The car follows traffic rules perfectly, navigates busy streets, and constantly communicates what it sees through the screen inside. As passengers, we felt completely at ease – Waymo drives better than most humans!
This kind of innovation is still unthinkable in most other countries. Seeing it in action in a real urban environment made it clear how far the U.S. has gone in embracing cutting-edge technologies.
For us as innovation students, it was a powerful reminder that the future isn’t coming – it’s already here.
