Tesla didn’t get into the space early, didn’t deliver yet (unlike others), doesn’t seem to have made significant contribution to the field. So I wouldn’t describe Musk as pioneering self-driving cars.
Waymo predecessor has been working on it in 2009[1], discussed the project publicly in 2010[1]. In 2012 they’ve reported 300k self-driven miles[2]. That’s all before first public discussion of self driving by Musk in 2013[3].
And now Waymo is doing actual self driving while Teslas are doing is not full self driving, but level 2 autonomy, available in many other brands (usually called something adaptive cruise control + line assist)[4], basically not yet where Waymo predecessor has been in 2015[1].
Tesla didn’t get into the space early, didn’t deliver yet (unlike others), doesn’t seem to have made significant contribution to the field. So I wouldn’t describe Musk as pioneering self-driving cars.
Waymo predecessor has been working on it in 2009[1], discussed the project publicly in 2010[1]. In 2012 they’ve reported 300k self-driven miles[2]. That’s all before first public discussion of self driving by Musk in 2013[3].
And now Waymo is doing actual self driving while Teslas are doing is not full self driving, but level 2 autonomy, available in many other brands (usually called something adaptive cruise control + line assist)[4], basically not yet where Waymo predecessor has been in 2015[1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waymo
[2] https://canvasbusinessmodel.com/blogs/brief-history/waymo-brief-history
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Autopilot
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_driver-assistance_system