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by kamaal 3582 days ago
>> But to run out the clock against the technical and policy headwinds for self-driving cars.

That would take a few decades at the current pace. They are currently burning $2.4 billion/year. Lets say it takes 20 years for self driving cars to take over.

In that case it would take $40.8 billion in losses. All the best finding an investor who can give $40 billion and expect nothing in return for 20 years and have hope of recovering any of that even after 20 years.