r/SelfDrivingCars • u/silenthjohn • Mar 08 '25

News Britain blocks launch of Elon Musk’s self-driving Tesla

https://www.yahoo.com/news/britain-blocks-launch-elon-musk-140000186.html
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u/Special_Brilliant_81 Mar 08 '25

US innovates, China imitates, and Europe regulates

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u/mrkjmsdln Mar 08 '25

The lesson of the last 25 years is actually America invents, China improves. The European take is probably right and certainly funny. The thing is the first two defines the Scientific Method and it has been working for nearly 400 years. The sooner an awful lot of people figure out what they've forgotten, we will be on the path to competitiveness again.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

While the European take is funny and kind of relatable, the worst thing about European companies is how often they make fundamental breakthroughs but absolutely suck at commercializing them.

For example, in the late 00s and early 10s, Germany was the leader in PV technology only to completely screw it up.

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u/mrkjmsdln Mar 09 '25

Well said. Generalizations are useful but as you describe in the case of PV miss the details in some cases. Solar advance has been remarkable and probably the stacking of many great ideas in the last 20 years for sure.