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> Not many people will want a $100K self driving car instead of a $30k Camry What you said is true, but does not reflect reality. Today The Model 3 is ~$40k,
by grecy 2y ago
> Not many people will want a $100K self driving car instead of a $30k Camry
What you said is true, but does not reflect reality.
Today The Model 3 is ~$40k, and once self driving is "solved", there is no reason a ~$40k car won't be capable of it.
- vineyardmike 2y agoSure, but that’s assuming the technology on a Tesla Model 3 actually is capable of safely self driving. Today, Waymo is the clear winner, and the equipment costs a lot more than a Tesla. I know Elon/Tesla can be a charged topic, but teslas don’t self drive today. It might be true, but I don’t think we can assume they’re capable with just a software update based on the info we have today.
- grecy 2y ago> Waymo is the clear winner, and the equipment costs a lot more than a Tesla. I don’t think that is true. What costs a lot more? Lidar? Call it $10k more on the very high end. So you have fully self driving cars for $50k. A very long way from your $100k
- vineyardmike 2y agoThe LIDAR sensors are significantly more expensive than 10k. There are a lot of them on it too. Additionally, I expect that the GPUs or other compute requirements are an extra 10+k at least. While I'm sure the prices can come down with mass production, the estimated BOM for a Waymo are speculated to be >200k per vehicle. Maybe we can that down to 100K, but I'd be very suspicious of a 50k vehicle anytime soon.