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Maybe in some small parts of the country. Tesla is dominating most everywhere else in the US. I definitely have no access to a Waymo but have been driven by FSD in heavy construction. (Do not own a Tesla myself).


Tesla is not "dominating" Waymo, they provide completely different offerings. Waymo provides a taxi service (like Uber) with autonomous vehicles. Tesla sells cars that offer a driving assistant feature, but the system is not able to operate safely without human supervision.

I can safely and legally take a Waymo home after getting drunk at the bar, this is not true of a Tesla.


It's possible that Tesla will have a massive jump in capability of their system, but currently it doesn't do any self-driving anywhere (e.g. you can't sit in the back seat).


ASS. Actually Smart Summon. You can sit in the back seat (but there's no point to, as the maximal distance to the destination and speed are appropriate only for parking lots).


get drunk, pass out in a Tesla and have it take you home. come back here when this happens (ballparking 2089…).


I think an actual realistic goal for this is closer to 2030 or 2035. But it certainly won’t be your personal vehicle or it’ll require subscribing to an overseer system (like Waymo uses)

Btw that kinda thing is one of the few use cases that really does require 5g’s latency and bandwidth… which Tesla currently doesn’t ship. More hardware updates are going to come, despite musks promises)


if this is 2030/2035 Tesla stock is overvalued by about 89.56%


I’ve fallen asleep alone in a Waymo on the way home. I don’t think you can do that yet in a Tesla.




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