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by Cthulhu_ 2993 days ago
Patents and the ability to earn money by licensing out technology. That, or hoping they are the best and get more customers through it - I think that's currently the case for Tesla, selling the only commercially available semi-autonomously driving car ATM.
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All manufacturers sell semi-autonomously driving cars. At a minimum cruise control, but more advanced features like e.g. https://www.toyota.com/safety-sense/

Tesla sells a feature set that sounds slightly more advanced on paper, but in practice the benefits are pretty comparable.

> I think that's currently the case for Tesla, selling the only commercially available semi-autonomously driving car ATM.

"I think that's currently the case for Tesla, selling the only commercially available semi-autonomous [electric] car ATM."

FTFY

Cadillac has a similar system out in production.