There is another argument: this will be cheaper to produce, and therefore cheaper at retail for the same margins, and therefore will sell many more instances, and therefore will save many more lives.

It's possible that the richest person on Earth is more concerned with doing good slash achieving his goals vs obtaining more currency/profit, which it would seem would have little to no marginal utility to him.

Maybe he could have spent a little more time making sure the darn things actually work then.

I am pretty sure that Cruise, Waymo, and Tesla are each and all doing everything they can to "make sure the darn things actually work". It's literally an existential crisis for them if they do not.

They are all, in the terminology, presently "default dead" until they figure it out.

Waymo figured it out though—I've taken several driverless rides with them.

Elon Musk was actually passed by Bernard Arnault (LVMH) this year.

Not anymore!