During a recent earnings call, Elon Musk criticized Waymo's robotaxi costs, asserting Tesla's swift scalability as a competitive advantage. Former Waymo CEO John Krafcik countered Musk's assertions, emphasizing that Tesla has not sold robotaxi rides and thus lacks competition experience. Musk announced a pilot rollout in Austin featuring 10-20 Model Y robotaxis, expressing confidence in achieving millions on the roads by next year, contrasting Tesla's camera-based, AI-driven approach with Waymo's detailed mapping and expensive lidar system.
"Tesla has never competed with Waymo - they've never sold a robotaxi ride to a public rider, but they've sold a lot of cars," Krafcik said.
Musk predicted "millions" of fully-autonomous Teslas on the road by the second half of next year and a market-share domination of "99% or something ridiculous."
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