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		AlotOfReading 82 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tesla ending Models S and X production Uber, and to a lesser extent Lyft, has been an extremely prolific investor in the autonomous vehicle space. They're absolutely paying attention to it. Similarly, Waymo isn't bottlenecked by mapping or rain. I've seen enough of them testing in Seattle and Tokyo, as examples.

Marazan 82 days ago [–]

Yeah, and then Uber sold off its self driving research team.

AlotOfReading 82 days ago | [–]

I'm talking about after, of course. They retained a massive investment in Aurora as part of that deal. They invested in Waabi not long after, then Nuro, Avride and started partnerships with Waymo, Motional, and others.

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