There is a fundamental difference between Tesla's approach vs. Waymo and Cruise. Waymo and Cruise are starting at the top. They use expensive, bulky, unsightly

There is a fundamental difference between Tesla's approach vs. Waymo and Cruise. Waymo and Cruise are starting at the top. They use expensive, bulky, unsightly hardware and only allow their self-driving cars to operate in limited geographic areas. This has a much higher probability of success, and once the tech works, they expand its capabilities. Eventually their tech will become mass-market. They don't kill anyone in the process, and they get very little bad press. Tesla on the other hand is trying to make a mass-market version work right off the bat, even if it means debugging on the streets. Tesla will get a lot of bad press, will kill a few people, and the public will become sceptic about the tech. I think Elon Musk's approach is not just wrong, it is going to make it harder for Waymo and Cruise by making consumers distrust self-driving cars in general.