Waymo uses Jaguar I-Pace CUVs that are built primarily out of aluminum and powered by lithium ion batteries. Aluminum melts at about 660°C, and Li-ion battery fires can easily reach 1000°C
Edit: I retract my statement. Apparently Waymo footage might get used in police/ICE investigations, so fuck 'em.
~~"Fuck ICE so let's burn some Waymos"
I support the protests and the general movement away from cars but I don't think this is helping anybody or the environment~~. Pretty sick picture tho.
I've read that police (I'm not sure if that includes LAPD) have started using video from Waymo cameras in their investigations, same as they use CCTV from shops etc.
So that might be one reason to burn them, especially if they were seen to have been sent into the protest area not for passengers but for reconnaissance.
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hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 44 pts · 1y
That's a nice fucking photo
Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works · 46 pts · 1y
It's certainly up there with the swasticar burning in front of trump tower
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 25 pts · 1y
That's nice one for symbolism, but this one on OP is just plain beautiful as a photo
sneezycat@sopuli.xyz · 32 pts · 1y
If RATM were still making music, this would be a candidate for an album cover for sure.
destructdisc@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y
Tom Morello was at the protest, hopefully he's had the same thought
Rooskie91@discuss.online · 23 pts · 1y
I really hope this is real and not AI
Edit: It's real!
destructdisc@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1y
It's real
garbagebagel@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Wow I never knew cars could burn so completely. I guess I've only ever seen ones where the skeleton is still left standing.
Interesting pictures though, thank you for sharing.
destructdisc@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Waymo uses Jaguar I-Pace CUVs that are built primarily out of aluminum and powered by lithium ion batteries. Aluminum melts at about 660°C, and Li-ion battery fires can easily reach 1000°C
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y
Doesn't look like AI, the bike and rider seem too accurate for AI
eddanja@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
AI is pretty shit at accurately recreating bikes. Harder than fingers.
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
OP provided a source, so it's real, but don't forget that Photoshop is still a thing as well
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
Yep
ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 1y
Early winner of "Hardest image of 2025” contest
naught101@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Idk, this year has a lot of potential
Crankenstein@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Goddamn that's beautiful.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Fucking radical.
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y
This takes "one less car" to a whole new level!
BetaBlake@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
I hope those are government cars, and not random people's cars. Because that would be way more radical
ramenshaman@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
They're Waymos.
Deconceptualist@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Community banner image right there.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Edit: I retract my statement. Apparently Waymo footage might get used in police/ICE investigations, so fuck 'em.
~~"Fuck ICE so let's burn some Waymos"
I support the protests and the general movement away from cars but I don't think this is helping anybody or the environment~~. Pretty sick picture tho.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 1y
I've read that police (I'm not sure if that includes LAPD) have started using video from Waymo cameras in their investigations, same as they use CCTV from shops etc.
So that might be one reason to burn them, especially if they were seen to have been sent into the protest area not for passengers but for reconnaissance.
Or maybe it's just because they don't fight back.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Oh shit, well if that's the case then I'm cool with it.