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Why they not partner with Google? I think they have much better talent pool at AI to handle this. I hope they are using all the crash data to make it more robus
by iamgopal 8y ago
Why they not partner with Google? I think they have much better talent pool at AI to handle this. I hope they are using all the crash data to make it more robust.
- wmf 8y agoBecause Google/Waymo is using lidar which adds ~$150K to the cost of the car.
- brandon 8y agoThe cost of the Lidar hardware was down to $7,500 well over a year ago and may have come down even more in the intervening time: http://www.businessinsider.com/googles-waymo-reduces-lidar-cost-90-in-effort-to-scale-self-driving-cars-2017-1 http://www.businessinsider.com/googles-waymo-reduces-lidar-c...
- tomatotomato37 8y agoI thought it was more the fact Elon didn't like the aesthetics of the roof equipment, like he's trying to design an automobile the same way Apple designs a laptop