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Meanwhile, this very same day, another article topped HN: "Ford tops list of automated driving leaders in Navigant study. Tesla ranks 12th" https://techcrunch
by Hydraulix989 10y ago
Meanwhile, this very same day, another article topped HN:
"Ford tops list of automated driving leaders in Navigant study. Tesla ranks 12th"
https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/03/ford-tops-the-list-of-automated-driving-leaders-in-new-study/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/03/ford-tops-the-list-of-auto...
Like parent said, market cap isn't everything.
- kirillzubovsky 10y agoThere's no such thing as "independent research." Any article like that is always paid for by the company that ends up "leading" in it; that's how these research companies make their money. I worked for this lovely company once where we paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to a consulting company to "research" how we were the dopest, only to have pretty much written the entire document for them. Go figure...
- kirillzubovsky 10y agops. From that TC article: "Ford has already responded to their position in the study, with a Medium post from CTO Raj Nair expressing their satisfaction at being ranked number one. " -- if this doesn't read like a pre-plan PR, I don't know what does.