• threelonmusketeersM
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    3 days ago

    Zoox co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson doesn’t believe Tesla will launch a robotaxi ride-hailing service in California (or anywhere else) next year despite what Elon Musk recently claimed.

    The comments about Tesla came as Levinson announced Zoox is launching its custom-built robotaxi in San Francisco and Las Vegas markets in the coming weeks. The company plans to make them available to an early-rider program in 2025.

    As long as one of these companies comes through on their promise, 2025 should be an interesting year for autonomous driving…

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      2 days ago

      One of them will, and it won’t be the one plowing into deer at highway speeds because they insist on using only cameras.