GM Cruise raises $1.15B at a $19B valuation from Softbank and Honda

Re:GM Cruise raises $1.15B at a $19B valuation from Softbank... by dmode on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @02:10AM (#19856287)

All Model 3 is equipped with hardware to support FSD

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Re:GM Cruise raises $1.15B at a $19B valuation from Softbank... by shawabawa3 on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @04:56AM (#19857058)

How can people believe this?

Tesla claim they have all the hardware for FSD, but FSD is still science fiction. It literally doesn't exist. Waymo is closest but they use Lidar, which Tesla's aren't equipped with.

Maybe Tesla will work it out and make a great self driving car on cheap hardware. I'll believe it when I see it

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Re:GM Cruise raises $1.15B at a $19B valuation from Softbank... by PunchTornado on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @05:20AM (#19857176)

Waymo is closer to what? driving on some simple californian roads?

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Re:GM Cruise raises $1.15B at a $19B valuation from Softbank... by danso on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @07:18AM (#19857760)

Waymo is already available to the public in Arizona:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-waymo-selfdriving-focus/w...

Tesla’s most recent FSD video took place around Palo Alto. The same area where its 2016 video was filmed.

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Re:GM Cruise raises $1.15B at a $19B valuation from Softbank... by michaelt on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @04:42AM (#19856994)

Plenty of people pre-ordered No Man's Sky - then were upset when they received less than what they thought they'd been promised. That's the risk when you pay upfront for a product that doesn't exist.

Maybe people who've paid for the Tesla FSD package will receive what I imagine when I hear "full self driving". Or maybe, like No Man's Sky backers, they'll get something they're less happy with.

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