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Not defending Waymo, but you're supposed to open the trunk either using the button on the touch screen in the car, or the button in the app. They tell you do do this in the app. If you open it this way when getting in, it'll automatically open at your destination too.
As far as I know, the button on the back of the car itself isn't integrated with their computer system for whatever reason.
Also keep the passenger door open until you've got everything. I do the same thing with taxis and Ubers too.
Whose fault is that...?
Probably a design issue where they couldn't hook into one of the car's systems? I'm not sure.
Their current cars are just temporary anyways. Jaguar doesn't even make them any more - they stopped producing the model that Waymo uses at the end of 2024.
They're currently partnering with Zeekr to build a brand new one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waymo_Ojai
They could have run a whole ass extra wire to the trunk release button input if they wanted to, they just didn't want to.
But I like how friend-shaped that Zeekr is.