Tesla uberbulls often like to say that Tesla is the leader in self-driving because while it doesn’t have a commercially available autonomous ride-hailing service like Waymo, it doesn’t rely on geo-fencing and mapping like Waymo.

They argue that if Tesla wanted to do that it could, but it prefers to focus on an autonomous system that could drive anywhere, anytime, without mapping.

However, it is questionable that they could do it if they wanted to because they still haven’t done it on a project much simpler than Waymo’s operations in Pheonix and other cities: the tunnels under Las Vegas.

The Las Vegas Convention Center Loop is The Boring Company’s first full-scale loop project currently in commercial use.

Elon Musk’s tunneling start-up completed the $50 million project in just over a year.

A Boring Company Loop system consists of tunnels in which Tesla electric vehicles travel at high speeds between stations to transport people within a city. The Boring Company said that it was working with Tesla to use its self-driving system inside those tunnels, which would enables to get rid of the current drivers and lower the cost of operation.

However, 2 years and several more tunnels connected to the Loop later, The Boring Company is still using drivers in the tunnels.

  • BigFig
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    220 days ago

    Let’s not pretend waymo is doing well either. Haven’t they caused quite a few accidents in San Francisco?

    • @SpaceNoodle
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      1720 days ago

      You might be thinking of Cruise. Waymo is currently honking at its own cars constantly.

      • BigFig
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        120 days ago

        Ah my bad the OTHER unwanted AI car company

    • @[email protected]
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      520 days ago

      The waymos are doing well in SF. I like them way more than Ubers, they drive safer / actually obey traffic laws and speed limits. You also can choose your own music and the interiors are always nice.