I read it as a state of self-driving cars in general. The technology isn't developing as fast as people had hoped. Waymo is still in the lead, even if this guy failed to deliver (he announced Waymo would be a public service for 2018, and that obviously didn't happen).

Definitely google some Tesla FSD beta videos and watch them. Waymo doubled down on a technology set and data methodology that is not scalable. Tesla is going to win in this space 100%

>The technology isn't developing as fast as people had hoped.

I can’t help but think people conflated what the problem statement of self driving really is. We’ve made huge strides in perception in the last two decades but self-driving is a much more complex problem than just accurately perceiving the world sound us.

No, he wants to spend more time with friends and family and travel the world.

Maybe. But a lot of us are cynical when we hear this kind of language from departing CEOs.

I'm pretty sure the person you were responding to was being sarcastic. Then again it's the internet, so who knows?

That's exactly how I read it. It's a huge red flag.

The CEO lists several accomplishments in the press brief. It doesn't appear to say that he's being let go specifically for performance concerns.

It rarely does unless there's been a very public screw up on the part of the executive that results in bad PR the company.

Well, they never say that. I personally think it's because of that horrendous "Waymonauts" moniker.