[anon102010]

Interesting.

These guys are supposedly launching their ride hailing fleet this year on public roads.

"unorthodox entrepreneurial zeal of Kentley-Klay, an Australian native with no prior automotive experience." was the key mover on all this and "touted Zoox’s strategy of building its own vehicles for full autonomy as wiser than the standard approach of retrofitting existing cars that Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo and others are taking."

Their CEO did attack silicon valley for choosing the path of fear "at the expense of profound progress for the Universe."

Heady stuff! Will be very interesting to see their launch if all this talk pans out! Full new vehicle assembly from scratch PLUS autonomy! Very impressive.

[Gatsky]

Apparently he added the ‘Klay’ to his name because he wanted to add a ‘maker’ element to it.

I mean, this a bad prognostic sign if there ever was one in an engineering company.

[bosie]

what do you mean by 'add a maker element to it'?

[apengwin]

It’s a reference to Klay Thompson, a shooting guard for the Warriors who “makes” a lot of three point shots.

[wodenokoto]

Ha! I thought it was a reference to clay, the material as being a substance for "making stuff"

[bosie]

Thanks, if that isn't a joke reply I can confidently say I would have never made that connection in a million years

[lordgrenville]

My guess was because you use "clay" to make things? Seems pretty weak.

[orbifold]

Klay and Clay sound similar?

[kalyanganjam]

Very much. Am not a native English speaker

[pedalpete]

And yet, everything you seen on the street from Zoox is a retro-fitted Toyota. I don't think their own vehicle ever made it onto the street.

[anon102010]

That's kind of funny. Have they decided where they will be building their cars? Normally those types of announcements (new car plant) will get big coverage.

[m0zg]

Hey, he has a dash in his last name. He must be, like, really smart and sophisticated.