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kleinbl00 · 2952 days ago · link · · parent · post: George Hotz cancels Comma One because of NHTSA letter
Google has no interest in selling cars. Google will license their dataset and path-following technology (because that's what they're building) to anybody who wants to pay the fees, thereby allowing anyone and everyone to hop onto a crowdsourced traffic system rather than building "autonomous vehicles." Tesla mostly wants to sell batteries and battery-powered cars. They do that by being innovative and a leader in the industry. They're largely appealing to rich eccentrics (for now) but Tesla's exit is probably to another car company. Elon Musk never wanted to be Henry Ford; his spiritual hero is DD Harriman. I think he's said as much although I can't find a source at the moment.