Business Insider
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Tesla has taken a radically different path to developing fully autonomous vehicles, when compared with competitors, such as Waymo and Cruise.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is confident; last week, he said Tesla could achieve “level five” autonomy this year — meaning no human intervention required.
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Waymo and Cruise have concentrated in relatively narrow use-cases, while Tesla’s technology could be be broadly applied.
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But Waymo and Cruise are also dedicated self-driving companies, while Tesla is also producing and supporting electric vehicles.