How’s this company so far ahead from every one else ?? Like forget about ford and GM, it looked like byd was getting close and now this.

You're impressed by automated vehicles navigating a fixed route like a parade? This could have been done 30 years ago.

Ahead in what sense? They are yet to roll this car on the street after getting regulatory clearances while Waymo has been operating in 3 cities and expanding into many. Tesla does have a lot of data, so it could surge ahead, but not right now.

Waymo uses Lidar which is not only super expensive but also hard to scale.

they build ai robots that think they're cars for now

That’s a very good way to put it.

BYD was getting close? BYD is already better.

You guys with your highest gdp per copita stand undefeated

You’re literally falling into the trap that they do. They’re announce a product that is far from production just so people like yourself can say that they’re far ahead. I’m not saying that this isn’t going to happen - but they do these events just so they can be perceived as being ahead even when the product isn’t ready.

@WholeMarsBlog Unions hold technology back. Perfect example of the dock workers wanting their agreement to block automation.