Daily Reddit Dose: 14 June 2026
Waymo Ojai riders report on cabin comfort and occasional phantom braking while a dashboard date display prompts fleet timeline questions.
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Waymo's New Ojai - First Impressions! describes extra legroom and clear screens as immediate positives in the updated vehicle. The rider also noted occasional phantom braking and moments of indecision from the autonomy stack. These first-hand accounts add to the growing record of real-world Ojai operation.
Date "13/06/2018" displayed on Waymo instrument panel shows a maintenance screen left visible on a Jaguar I-PACE based unit. Commenters linked the date to possible build or retrofit timing for the fleet vehicle. Details like this surface how operators track hardware history during daily service.
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