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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by omarchowdhury on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @09:17PM (#19744119)
Why would the Google folks help a potential Waymo SDC competitor?
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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by nexuist on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @09:33PM (#19744213)
Because then they'd have stakes in two high profile L5 attempts rather than only one. That way, regardless of who wins, they'd still have their part in the inception of the self driving industry.
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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by kissickas on Thursday April 25, 2019 @01:55AM (#19745408)
Larry Page already invested in Tesla more than a decade ago. Google has invested in Lyft as well, which is also set to be a competitor.
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