Elon Musk wants to dominate robotaxis–first he needs to catch up to Waymo(www.understandingai.org)
8 pointsby xnx2 years ago2 comments
  • rdlecler12 years ago
    It’s the other way around. Waymo may do the job exquisitely, but exquisite is also expensive. Telsa has always constrained their system to lower cost hardware. It’ll be easier for Tesla to eventually punch through than for Waymo to cut their costs to that of a Tesla robotaxi.
    • psd12 years ago
      Hardware drops in price.

      I reckon a fleet operator would rather pay more for better self-drive reliability. If you can't make it a million km between human interventions, or doesn't matter if you're four or low-five figures cheaper. Remember that a taxi medallion is six figures in NYC.

    • sys647392 years ago
      Tesla is stuck in Level 2 limbo. That doesn't work on a Robotaxi with no steering wheel.
  • AIFounder2 years ago
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