The winter season in Germany can be notoriously brutal for foreigners and locals alike. We'd like to hear your tips for making the most of the colder months. Sometimes people who live in Germany joke that it's a great place to live for about six months of the year. But during the other six months? Cold weather, darkness and suffering.
The City of Toronto has been put under a snow squall watch by Environment Canada for Tuesday evening, while other areas of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) continue to battle winter weather. The squalls are not expected to bring significant snowfall to the city, but visibility may be heavily reduced at times by bursts of heavy or blowing snow, according to an alert issued by Environment Canada late Tuesday afternoon.
During a recent all-hands meeting, Waymo's chief winter weather expert laid it out for all the company's engineers and product managers: if Waymo wants to expand to new cities and new markets, it's robotaxis will need to be able to confidently and safely handle the snow. In its first few years of operation, Waymo has strategically stuck to cities with warmer, drier climates - places like Phoenix, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Austin. But as it eyes a slate of East Coast cities, including Boston, New York City, and Washington, DC, for the next phase of its expansion, its abilities to handle more adverse weather will become a crucial test.