Reddit reviews Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless Car—And How It Will Reshape Our World

In Autonomy [1], the author seems to suggest that companies such as GM do realize there is a lot at stake.

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I do think spending 1B+ for GM is substantial, especially since they may have to continue their spending if R&D takes longer than expected, but I don't think it will destroy them if they have to write it down.

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Tesla explained their business model in their Autonomy Day a few weeks ago. [2, 6] I am not familiar with Mobileye's plan.

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I personally am worried that Tesla will release their software without it being sufficiently tested (and users not appropriately understanding this). I tend to side with the plaintiff in this case (though my knowledge is limited). [3]

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At least one founder thinks there will only be a few successful companies, similar to how there are only a few commercial aircraft manufacturers [4].

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Here are two projections of the economics [5, 6]. I don't remember how I felt about these values.

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[1], https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074SJ1HR1

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucp0TTmvqOE

[3] https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/01/tesla-sued-in-wrongful-death-lawsuit-that-alleges-autopilot-caused-crash/

[4] https://www.reddit.com/r/SelfDrivingCars/comments/aaiek0/chris_urmson_were_going_to_end_up_with_less_than/

[5] https://ideas.4brad.com/robotaxi-economics

[6] https://ideas.4brad.com/teslas-robotaxi-economics

Read Autonomy it’s about the upcoming of the self driving car race from an advisor for Waymo and former head of R&D at GM. Very fun and informative read