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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by ckastner on Thursday April 25, 2019 @03:53AM (#19745947)
> Waymo is a technology demo, not a functioning operation that spits out self driving cars by the tens of thousands per quarter.

Waymo last year ordered 20.000 cars from Jaguar Land Rover, then 62.000 cars from Fiat Chrysler, with deliveries apparently starting in 2019 [1].

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/business/waymo-chrysler-m...

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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by olau on Thursday April 25, 2019 @07:55AM (#19747090)
Actually they didn't - they entered into an agreement that would allow them, over time, to order the number of cars you mention.
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