Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by _ea1k 1910 days ago
Given the early stage, I find the idea of anyone having an "unassailable lead" to be laughable.

The idea that the one with such a lead is Tesla is even more laughable, and I say that as someone that actually likes some significant elements of Tesla's approach. Although I pretty strongly dislike some aspects too.

2 comments

Even if they had perfect FSD, that lead wouldn’t be unassailable.

On the contrary, it would tell would-be competitors that the goal can be reached, and what it would approximately cost.

They would do the math and see whether that’s worth it financially. Even if it weren’t (say because Tesla would license the tech for pennies), I think the likes of China still would spend the money to create a competitor.

This. Ford had an unassailable lead on making cars. Now it’s just one of many. Or Intel until recently.