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If FSD had actually turned out to be as easy as some people were suggesting 5+ years ago then there is no way Uber or Lyft could avoid playing in that game; the
by evgen 6y ago
If FSD had actually turned out to be as easy as some people were suggesting 5+ years ago then there is no way Uber or Lyft could avoid playing in that game; the first company who could mass-produce FSD vehicles would be able to replace Uber/Lyft with no difficulty at all. Once it became apparent that the 'any day now' BS from Musk et al was a lie then both companies should have dropped any efforts in this direction immediately.
- arcticbull 6y agoAn MIT study indicated developing their own FSD technology would yield at most a small margin improvement because the technology wouldn't be exclusive for long, and shortly after it would be utterly commodity. [1] [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-lyft-self-driving-taxis-may-not-help-profitability-mit-2019-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-lyft-self-driving-taxis...
- oblib 6y agoI agree. FSD is far more complex than even Musk imagined (or at least has portrayed) and while I'm very impressed with what's been done in that field I'd never use it in the real world.