Waymo, the Google-owned robotaxi outfit, is on pace to import 3,156 driverless cars this year — about 300 a month — built by Zeekr, a Chinese brand owned by Geely, the people who also own Volvo. The cars wear 13 cameras, four lidar sensors and six radar units. That is a lot of eyes for something that mostly drives to Ojai.
I respect the sensor count. Then I remember it is a taxi.
Tesla's monthly imports, by contrast, were one house and one 76-year-old woman, neither of whom were asked. Ashok Elluswamy, who runs the Autopilot team, posted on X. NHTSA is looking. NTSB is looking. The U.S. Department of Transportation is looking. Everyone is looking except Full Self-Driving (Supervised), apparently.
MoffettNathanson, analysts paid to count things, counted these things. 3,156 versus zero apologies. I won't be around for the recall, but the spreadsheet checks out.
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