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Maybe Elon Musk will yield enough power in the US government to influence safety policies in such a way that is harmful to waymo. It doesn't seem like conflict
by d--b 2y ago
Maybe Elon Musk will yield enough power in the US government to influence safety policies in such a way that is harmful to waymo. It doesn't seem like conflict of interest is bothering him much.
- ArtTimeInvestor 2y agoThat might help Tesla catch up. That might make Waymo nr 2. But my question was about being "one of the major players". The market is huge. My rough guess is that every 10% of market share is worth $1T in market cap. Which is half of Google's overall current market cap.
- threeseed 2y agoElon Musk is already planning on scrapping the self driving crash reporting: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/trump-transition-recommends-scrapping-car-crash-reporting-requirement-opposed-by-2024-12-13/ https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/trump-...
- ddalex 2y agoSo Musk is effectively the most powerful man on the planet right now, he's a major player in 3 key industries, and the head of effective (de)regulation in the largest consumer market by dollar volume. Isn't this a bit like ole' good Crassus in ancient Rome? Head of the government and richest buddy aroubnd? If history repeats, we'll see the American Imperial Era rising up very soon, were the interests of the state will fraction between the interests of the oligarchs and the lines blurry between law and personal convenience of the wealthist citizens
- viraptor 2y ago> the interests of the state will fraction between the interests of the oligarchs and the lines blurry between law and personal convenience of the wealthist citizens That's basically cyberpunk. And yes, we're pretty much heading towards megacorps.
- wqaatwt 2y agoCrassus died pursuing an absurd extremely expensive boondoggle. So if history is to repeat itself maybe SpaceX is sending that rocket to Mars after all.
- amelius 2y agoI bet he wants to ban Lidar.