Largely agree. Which is why I didn’t buy it on my MY or reserve it on my CT when it was $7k I think in retrospect. Reserving it would have been the right thing to do.For me FSD isn't really needed full time and have been renting it monthly if I was doing a a couple long road trips usually in the summer months. $15k way to expensive for what it is. Novelty for sure but wears off quickly when you have a close call running into another car or turns wide into a parked car. I've been in several waymo driverless cars in SF and a couple of cruise driverless too, i feel way more safe in those vs my own car with me behind the wheel with FSD on. ?
Depending on where you live, in 15-20 years waymo, cruise would have already solved the problem. Probably no need to own a car if rides get super cheap because of competition. I currently see driverless cars running around everyday in busy environments, tight streets and they seem to be working just fine for just being launched literally a couple months ago. I definitely see robotaxis up and running in major cities by end of the decade. Will Tesla be there? Who knows...i have seen zero driverless Tesla running around, so my guess is that they are still pretty far away. If I have to pay attention when FSD is on, I might as well drive myself and not stress about it.Largely agree. Which is why I didn’t buy it on my MY or reserve it on my CT when it was $7k I think in retrospect. Reserving it would have been the right thing to do.
In 15-20 years? I think it’ll be far more interesting. I’d set my mom up to use it if it was fully baked.
Waymo and Cruise? LOL. I live in the rural area outside a medium sized city in Oregon. Assuming they aren’t stalled in the middle of an inter section in Portland, they will come to where I live sometime in the year 2299.Depending on where you live, in 15-20 years waymo, cruise would have already solved the problem. Probably no need to own a car if rides get super cheap because of competition. I currently see driverless cars running around everyday in busy environments, tight streets and they seem to be working just fine for just being launched literally a couple months ago. I definitely see robotaxis up and running in major cities by end of the decade. Will Tesla be there? Who knows...i have seen zero driverless Tesla running around, so my guess is that they are still pretty far away. If I have to pay attention when FSD is on, I might as well drive myself and not stress about it.
Yup, this is the problem with Waymo & Cruise approach.Waymo and Cruise? LOL. I live in the rural area outside a medium sized city in Oregon. Assuming they aren’t stalled in the middle of an inter section in Portland, they will come to where I live sometime in the year 2299.
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I believe they are targeting the cities with already high rideshare usage. Launching a rideshare program in rural areas with less population density doesn't make sense for a short term goal.Yup, this is the problem with Waymo & Cruise approach.
But the problem is not just the rural areas. There are hundreds of cities/towns in U.S. that have 1 million people or less. How is Waymo & Cruise going make Hi-Def map all these places, keep the Hi-Def maps up to date and make a profit while continually updating the Hi-Def map data.
Even many of the larger ones do not have the cachet of doing famous cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix.
Large and medium sized cities like:
Jacksonville, Florida
Columbus, Ohio
Nashville, Tennessee
El Paso, Texas
Indianapolis, Indiana
Louisville, Kentucky
Memphis, Tennessee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Fresno, California
Tucson, Arizona
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Bakersfield, California
Wichita, Kansas
Omaha, Nebraska
.... and many more
List of United States cities by population
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population
This is just the U.S. Waymo & Cruise problem continues with many other even large/medium countries & cities throughout the world.
Fundamentally, their approach doesn’t scale well to the entire country. They need to spend a bunch of resources continually mapping the countryside.I believe they are targeting the cities with already high rideshare usage. Launching a rideshare program in rural areas with less population density doesn't make sense for a short term goal.
Because the cars themselves continually update the maps. The problem comes in roll-out, in the labeling of all the data.But the problem is not just the rural areas. There are hundreds of cities/towns in U.S. that have 1 million people or less. How is Waymo & Cruise going make Hi-Def map all these places, keep the Hi-Def maps up to date and make a profit while continually updating the Hi-Def map data.