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Robotaxis Can’t Be a Solo Act (archive.fo)

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Networks of expensive, self-driving cars need a wide base of paying riders, which could make Uber essential to Tesla’s success.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

The software won't necessarily be the easy part: if Uber built theirs in-house over the course of a few years then they're not going to license it to their competitors. If there's some third-party dev who built this for like Lyft or so, then maybe

I didn't hit on the Byd fleet until you mentioned it, but yeah, it's gonna be a million cheap cars with easy-swap parts made in Tijuana and exported up under a Trump Trade loophole. Good point.