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by Fricken 2945 days ago
How much do you think a robotaxi costs to manufacture?

I think it's a lowball estimate, but for argument sake, let's say they're each worth $150k. At that price $2.25 billion will get you 15,000 robotaxis, and that's far from the only expense.

Waymo has announced a plan to deploy 20,000 vehicles in 2020, and that is what GM is up against.

You just can't have enough money in the bank if you're comitted to a scaled commercial robotaxi deployment and are planning for world domination.