News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Lyft speeds ahead with its autonomous initiatives. Parent comment

Re:Lyft speeds ahead with its autonomous initiatives by spiritcat on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @08:06PM (#18288576)
"Nobody really knows what company will develop truly practical SDC tech first."

No, bu the ones with all the patents will be Waymo, Uber, GM.. Lyft?

How does this work? Seems like Waymo would have been able to pick up enough of the obvious ones to kill competition for 20 years. Or just MAD between the big players?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Lyft speeds ahead with its autonomous initiatives by flukus on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @08:16PM (#18288616)
> No, bu the ones with all the patents will be Waymo, Uber, GM.. Lyft?

Considering it looks like were at least 10 years away from having a self driving car industry those patents aren't going to have a long shelf life.

[ Parent | on HN ]