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I agree with much of what you said, but GM understands the stakes? Are you forgetting the GM ignition switch controversy?

I recall one of my favorite scenes from Fight Club wherein Norton talks about the cost of lawsuit*the likelihood of crash vs the cost of a recall.

I'm all about Tech companies getting into self-driving cars, less excited about car companies with shoddy track records on safety and no history of disruption. There's a reason Cruise Automation (the self driving start up that GM bought) insisted on remaining separate from GM and not being absorbed into GM's culture.

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[Maybestring]

>cost of lawsuit*the likelihood of crash vs the cost of a recall.

To anyone interested in this issue, I recommend the following paper.

https://law.vanderbilt.edu/files/archive/212_Corporate-Risk-...

Also, this story about the engineer who investigated the infamous Pinto 'fire after rear end collision' issue, and the decision not to recall. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/04/the-engineers-...