Amazon's acquisition is a step forward into the autonomous-driving, an arena that Musk's Tesla has been seeking to dominate.Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a jab at Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Twitter Friday just a day afterthe Seattle tech giant's reported $1.2 billion acquisition of self-driving taxi firm Zoox.—Elon Musk The comment comes as Amazon's acquisition puts the company at a more leveled playing field with Tesla in the self-driving arena.
As Business Insider's Mark Matousek reported in late May, Amazon's interest in Zoox was piqued to helpZoox's vehicles are designed for ride-hailing, unlike Tesla's, which are designed to go directly to consumers. Tesla and Zoox have traded jabs before. Musk claimed in 2019 that by mid-2020, his company's self-driving cars would be fully operational without human interaction, meaning drivers wouldn't have to look at the road while driving. At Business Insider's 2019 IGNITION conference, Zoox co-founder and CTO"They don't have enough sensors or computers to do that given any remotely known technology that exists that humans have ever created," Levinson said at the conference.
] on the freeway is I think the best out there ... I think if [Musk] focused on that aspect it would be better received."and still require human interaction. Zoox was recently valued at $3.2 billion. Like other autonomous-vehicle companies, Zoox has taken a hit from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and
I’m honestly surprised how people on twitter think Bezos is a better person than Musk. (Then again twitter is crazy) Bezos runs a near-monopoly company, never invests his money to good causes, and always does things for his own wealth and fame.
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Elon paved the way.. Everyone know that.. It's okay Elon 🙏
great minds think alike
There must be more copy cats to push this market! Don't be worry elonmusk
Just expressing the fear of that Bezos is going to be better by far?
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Get em Elon.
Well, Product Development 101, if you can’t be the first, You’d better DARN make sure you come second!!
Poor elonmusk , even with all his money he can't seem to afford class.
'elon musk calls jeff bezos a copy cat' why must i live in the pain and confusion of such a fallen world?
Oops😂
Competition is great. 🥂🎉
Teslas don't self-drive
Perfect competition...free entry and exit
Meanwhile.........
Well it is not, like, Elon forced himself into Tesla and stole the company from its original founder ... wait!
Elon musk steal all kind of ideas, all the time, he steal jokes, he steal drawings, he is the king of copycats, what an hypocrite
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Haha toning it down after the pedo guy incident. Come on elonmusk you can do better than that
He is joking ffs. They are both in cahoots together to completely privatize transportation. Their ultimate goal is to be landlords of fleets of autonomous vehicles. Bezos isn't competition. ICE vehucles that a more expensive to fuel and maintain are.
I believe it's called competition. 'Copy' forward - good for us all.
This is trash journalism
It is what it is
Rich Guys In A Pissing Contest. NO ONE CARES
I'm sure AMZN is in it for commercial vehicles (deliveries) not consumer, totally different market
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He is joking ffs. They are both in cahoots together to completely privatize transportation. Their ultimate goal is to be like that landlord of fleets of autonomous vehicles. Bezos isn't competition. ICE vehucles that a more expensive to fuel and maintain are.
Well he is
Boo hoo
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SNAP!
lol
Elon sounds like Barnes and Noble....
So?
In Elon we trust
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