Tourists gawked and climbed in for joy rides, but Waymo tended to be slower and more expensive than the human-driven alternatives. Perhaps even more notable than the tightening price war is Waymo’s more competitive wait times. Last spring, Obi’s analysis showed that the self-driving car service with consistently longer wait times than Uber and Lyft. (A notable exception: Waymo wait times—and prices—spike between 4 and 6 pm.) “Seeing wait times come down creates a more equal playing field between all three.”Then there’s Tesla’s service, the outlier.