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Just because they've been working on it for decades doesn't mean they're the one's best positioned to it. See electric cars/Tesla.
by tomasien 12y ago
Just because they've been working on it for decades doesn't mean they're the one's best positioned to it. See electric cars/Tesla.
- threeseed 12y agoElectric cars and Tesla just reaffirms my point. Tesla sells in less than a handful of countries and given the amount of money they are losing with questionable success. Toyota, Nissan and GM have been selling electric cars en masse in almost all countries in which they operate i.e. most of them. So yes. The existing car companies are best positioned to bring autonomous driving to fruition. They have already been doing it now with auto parking and accident avoidance. And let's not forget that have the supply chain, regulatory and marketing aspects sewn up.
- tomasien 12y agoGood! Tesla has pushed the big car companies to do what they could have done decades ago - build and distribute fully electric cars that are the same or better quality than non-electric cars. And, your questionable view that profitability for a company in it's growth phase defines success non-withstanding, they're pretty quickly eating their lunch at it too. They're going to continue to be forced to compete with Tesla because Tesla builds amazing cars that people want to buy. When they're able to sell them more places and build them at new price points (already happening), it's going to be fun to watch. However, that doesn't mean the big car companies won't make cars that are just as good - the point is that now they HAVE to and that's good. Same with self-driving cars.