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3M+ in investment and Atlas over here would rather shrug than hire a lawyer and someone to put together quality management systems? Bulllllllshiiiiit.
by forgottenpass 10y ago
3M+ in investment and Atlas over here would rather shrug than hire a lawyer and someone to put together quality management systems?
Bulllllllshiiiiit.
- stale2002 10y agoOr maybe they'd rather just start selling their product immediately in China?
- dilemma 10y agoChina has the same level of regulation as other industrialized countries. If it doesn't pass in the US it won't pass in China either.
- objclxt 10y ago> China has the same level of regulation as other industrialized countries. I have to assume you've never driven or been driven in a major Chinese city, because while this may be technically true in practice it is very much not. Cars on the road in China are often lacking in terms of safety. It is something of a moot point, because I don't see how any self driving car system could perform in Beijing traffic conditions. Basic concepts like lanes frequently go out the window.
- hash-set 10y agoMexico?
- Kadin 10y agoIf they can't get it to drive in the US, I doubt it'll be able to navigate most big cities in Asia. (Maybe a few of those ghost ones.) I think what's attractive about China may not be its lax regulatory environment with regard to transportation, but rather in regard to investment.
- dilemma 10y agoChina doesn't have a lax regulatory environment. You're right that what attracts is $.
- throwaway4job 10y agoNo, there's a reason he said new products and markets. Because his existing product does not work. And it will not work as designed. Hotz's product vision was naive and doomed to failure. But instead of being man enough to admit that, he blamed other people and ran away. It's pathetic.