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No, Waymo is just going to license their tech to normal automakers, like Toyota, and those licensees will win. Rivian is run by a Musk-wannabe but even this sto
by 7e 10mo ago
No, Waymo is just going to license their tech to normal automakers, like Toyota, and those licensees will win. Rivian is run by a Musk-wannabe but even this stock pump isn’t going to help with his sociopath, multibillion dollar compensation package.
- darth_avocado 10mo agoWhat stock pump, its cratered on the news.
- SonOfKyuss 10mo agoThat is curious. The market must not have faith in their ability to execute on their plans
- darth_avocado 10mo agoThe market wants them to sell the $40k cars asap. All the other side quests are distractions. When they spun off their electric bike side project, the stock went up.
- dmix 10mo agoAdding LIDAR would probably turn a $40k car a $70k car as well.
- TulliusCicero 10mo agoIncendiary language aside, this does seem pretty likely to me. Waymo has already talked about wanting to license their driver for personally owned cars eventually; it just doesn't make sense for them to do so until they can cover more of the country (or countries). The more areas they cover, and especially when they can cover various popular freeways connecting different metro areas, the more it'll make sense for them to start partnering with automakers to sell the technology to consumers.
- georgeburdell 10mo agoThe CEO is different from Musk in a few key ways 1. He has a STEM PhD (from MIT) 2. He is conservative in what he discloses 3. Not outspoken or political IMO one of Rivian’s benefits is its image as the anti-Tesla