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Tesla Is Last In the Driverless Vehicle Race, Report Says (usnews.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the participation-award dept.

Navigant Research has compiled a new report on 19 companies working on automated driving systems, and surprisingly, Tesla came in last place. U.S. News & World Report: Navigant ranked the 19 major companies developing AV technology based on 10 criteria, including vision, market strategy, partnerships, production strategy, technology, product quality and staying power. According to the report, General Motors Co. and Waymo, the auto unit of Alphabet, are the top two AV investment opportunities in the market today. Tesla and Apple are the two biggest laggards in the AV race, according to Navigant's rankings.

Investors are acutely aware of Tesla's production and distribution disadvantages compared to legacy automakers like GM, but Navigant is also highly critical of Tesla's technology. "The autopilot system on current products has stagnated and, in many respects, regressed since it was first launched in late 2015," Navigant says in the report, according to Ars Technica. "More than one year after launching V2, Autopilot still lacks some of the functionality of the original, and there are many anecdotal reports from owners of unpredictable behavior."

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  1. Conflicting niches by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Tesla was biting off more than they could chew with auto-drive. Besides, if you want auto-drive, then you probably don't want a sports car. Sports cars are usually for people who like to drive.

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    1. Re:Conflicting niches by Tom · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Maybe, but unlike anyone else, they actually do have self-driving cars on the roads. Not in a research facility, not on paper, not in simulations, not in various stages of development, but on the actual roads.

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    2. Re:Conflicting niches by viperidaenz · · Score: 4, Insightful

      There are already cars out there with auto-cruise control and lane assist.
      They're not much different than a Tesla with Autopilot.
      They both do highway driving, but you'll be dead in both if a truck crosses in front of you and you're not paying attention.

    3. Re:Conflicting niches by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Sports cars are usually for people who like to drive.

      Driving a Tesla on Hwy 1 from Carmel to Big Sur is fun. Commuting at 15 mph in stop-and-go traffic on 101 from San Jose to Mountain View is not. It feels great to just click on Autopilot and zone out.

  2. Tesla has more real data by SuperKendall · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Tesla has a pretty huge advantage over other companies, in that there is a TON of data from around the world, in so many different conditions... especially the model 3 has a good number of sensors all around. The performance of that system may be lagging at the moment but Tesla is the one that has the most ingredients for success at hand.

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  3. uh, what? by Tom · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Tesla and Apple are the two biggest laggards

    That they list a company that doesn't even have a product in the market, neither active nor announced, and which is working on something only according to rumours, tells me a lot about how trustworthy this article is.

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  4. Re:I thought this is about technology by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why is marketing strategies even listed?

    Really. Since "marketing" and "staying power" count for more than "working and deployed technology", Tesla should be proud to be last on the list.

    This is one of those articles where it is clear that the journalist made the list first, putting Tesla last to get more clicks, and then made up BS numbers to justify it.