self-driving cars
also referred to as: self-driving car
6 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Nov 13, 2015 by Chris Dixon · across every show →
Everything said about self-driving cars, oldest first
Nov 13, 2015
Dixon: Basic highway autonomous driving is easy; edge cases are the challenge
“So like self-driving cars are another good example where if somebody tells you, oh, I saw a self-driving car, and it was able to drive on the highway during daylight, that's actually not very impressive, and that's actually something that almost anyone can bui…”
Aug 30, 2016 bullish
Domingos: Autonomous Cars Could Compete in the Indy 500 Within Years
“Well, I think we could at this point actually, and it might actually win. I think in the past, the technology wasn't ready. And then once the technology is ready that people have to let it happen, right? So the Indy 500 would have to let a self-driving car com…”
Aug 30, 2016 bullish
Aug 30, 2016 positive
Aug 21, 2018 bearish
Cowen: Autonomous vehicles could worsen road traffic congestion via errand trips
“Self-driving cars could make the problem worse, you know, because you'll send out your car or your vehicle on all kinds of errands. Oh, go to Whole Foods and pick me up some smoked salmon. I'm hungry. And there may be fewer people on the road, but the people t…”
Aug 6, 2019 neutral
Howey predicts self-driving robotaxis will reduce car ownership to 10%
“And car ownership is going to become a thing that only a minority of humans even own a car because of the way they'll even they'll never be parked really though because every car that can drive itself is a robot, basically, that can go earn money by running Ub…”