[datguacdoh]

Also, how much of that data can you realistically send back to yourself? With Waymo they can pull the arrays from the cars nightly if they need to. Tesla, on the other hand, has to send the data back over a customers network connection which would be much more limiting. So Tesla might be getting tons of miles but if that's a billion not very detailed miles, it might not be as useful as a million incredibly detailed miles.

[robszumski]

I think Tesla pays for the network connection to all of its cars. This sends back remote telemetry and other self-driving data. It also serves up software updates and monitors the cars network for intrusions via a VPN.

[datguacdoh]

That network connection is using cellular, so at most it's an LTE connection but if I remember right, is actually just 3G. I can't believe they are pushing the kind of data people are talking about over that kind of connection.