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Waymo and Toyota outline partnership to advance autonomous driving deployment

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Re: Waymo and Toyota outline partnership to advance autonomous driving deployment

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Toyota has been way, way behind on electrification. I suspect they’ve been Innovator’s Dilemma’d are are in a death spiral that they haven’t even noticed yet

Toyota makes hybrids that are excellent. I don't think they want to go full EV.

They can pretend that hybrids are enough but many markets are going full EV regardless while Toyota only has a half baked solution.

Re: Waymo and Toyota outline partnership to advance autonomous driving deployment

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The world would be a lot better off if Tesla and Uber get smoked on this. Tesla's public testing of beta quality industrial control software and Uber's attempt to lilypad jump across the backs of financially unsophisticated drivers are contemptible. I'd be very glad to see neither strategy actually work in the end.

Pretty sure they already worked but its a nice sentiment.

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Toyota has been way, way behind on electrification. I suspect they’ve been Innovator’s Dilemma’d are are in a death spiral that they haven’t even noticed yet

This is 100% intentional, they have been clear that their strategic direction is hybrids, not pure electric. Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlyon/2024/03/03/bucking-in...

Re: Waymo and Toyota outline partnership to advance autonomous driving deployment

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Toyota makes hybrids that are excellent. I don't think they want to go full EV.

They can pretend that hybrids are enough but many markets are going full EV regardless while Toyota only has a half baked solution.

Not everyone wants an EV, especially in America. Unless EV’s can jump to 500 mile range and ubiquitous five minute charging, a lot of people are just gonna want a hybrid.

Re: Waymo and Toyota outline partnership to advance autonomous driving deployment

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>"Toyota Motor Corporation (“Toyota”) and Waymo reached a preliminary agreement to explore a collaboration focused on accelerating the development and deployment of autonomous driving technologies. "

The current HN title seems too definite.

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