alt Hacker NewsNo, Waymo is just going to license their tech to normal automakers, like Toyota, and those licensees will win. Rivian is run by a Musk-wannabe but even this stock pump isn’t going to help with his sociopath, multibillion dollar compensation package.
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TulliusCicero • yesterday at 6:54 PM
Incendiary language aside, this does seem pretty likely to me. Waymo has already talked about wanting to license their driver for personally owned cars eventually; it just doesn't make sense for them to do so until they can cover more of the country (or countries). The more areas they cover, and especially when they can cover various popular freeways connecting different metro areas, the more it'll make sense for them to start partnering with automakers to sell the technology to consumers.
The CEO is different from Musk in a few key ways
1. He has a STEM PhD (from MIT)
2. He is conservative in what he discloses
3. Not outspoken or political
IMO one of Rivian’s benefits is its image as the anti-Tesla