Google seems to have some trouble with execution. Tesla's 'master plan' is pretty easy to understand externally and gives a clear path/vision forward. How Goo

Google seems to have some trouble with execution. Tesla's 'master plan' is pretty easy to understand externally and gives a clear path/vision forward. How Google plans to actually use their autonomous car tech is unclear from the outside (and I suspect also unclear on the inside). Tesla's focus on manufacturing and using already sold cars to train their software was a really good plan. Google can't really compete with that even with their fleet of waymo mini cars - it also leaves the big problem of manufacturing cars unsolved (partnership? licensing?). This seems especially tricky when any car manufacturer that plans to exist in a couple years is already building out their own software divisions with a focus on autonomy. I'd suspect the engineers see that the management plan isn't going to win so they'd rather jump ship to someone that's doing a better job of it. This seems to be a recurring trend with Google - get in early with something good, but then let others eventually catch up and beat you.