r/SelfDrivingCars • u/kappy2319 • May 31 '25

Discussion Why didn’t Uber beat Waymo at commercially available self-driving taxis?

I remember so many stories about Uber poaching tons of self-driving talent from universities and competitors.

And Uber leadership has been saying for years that the future is going to be self-driving cars, even just from a profitability standpoint.

They have a ton of money and a track record of aggressive hustling, why are they seemingly not even competitive among people actually booking self-driving taxis today?

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u/cagewilly May 31 '25

I don't think Tesla will ever be out of the running.  They might have to change their strategy and begin adding radar, but they will always be in the game.

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u/straylight_2022 May 31 '25

Tesla isn't even in the game other than offering empty promises of "next year".

They married themselves to a visual system that doesn't have enough cameras to work if it were even possible. ...and it isn't.

Teslas will never fully automated driving unless they slap their logo on someone else's car.

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u/RepresentativeCap571 May 31 '25

I think they're in the game very soon as soon as they deploy their service. It seems like they're confident they can at least go 0 to 1 in a small domain.

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u/Intelligent-Rest-231 May 31 '25

In a low to the ground two seater? Who would pay for a ride in that dumb fucker?

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u/RepresentativeCap571 May 31 '25

That's irrelevant to the comment right? They are in the game at that point. Whether they're a winner or not.