Waymo Co-founder Says Tesla Has An Advantage In Race To Autonomous Driving: 'I'd Rather Be In Tesla's Shoes Than In Waymo's Shoes'
Waymo Co-founder Says Tesla Has An Advantage In Race To Autonomous Driving: 'I'd Rather Be In Tesla's Shoes Than In Waymo's Shoes'
Tesla uses camera footage from its existing fleet of vehicles to train its software aimed at enabling autonomous driving. Tesla's fleet is significantly large and operates across the country as compared to Waymo which is only operating vehicles in a select few cities within the U.S. such as Phoenix and San Francisco. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) subsidiary Waymo's co-founder Anthony Levandowski is more optimistic about Tesla Inc.'s (NASDAQ:TSLA) self-driving vision over Waymo's given the EV giant's wealth of data.
alphabet inc（納斯達克：GOOG）（納斯達克：GOOGL）子公司Waymo的聯合創始人安東尼·萊萬多夫斯基對特斯拉的自動駕駛願景更加樂觀，因爲這家電動汽車巨頭擁有豐富的數據。
What Happened: "There's millions of Teslas out there that are constantly alerting, feeding back their data to Tesla to make the product better, and that's ultimately what's really going to be the differentiator here — that you have the richest, most consistent data to continuously improve over time," Levandowski said in an interview with Business Insider.
「發生了什麼：有數百萬輛特斯拉車不斷髮出警報，將數據反饋給特斯拉，以改進產品，這最終將是真正的區別點——你擁有最豐富、最一致的數據來持續改進。」萊萬多夫斯基在接受《商業內幕》採訪時表示。
"I'd rather be in Tesla's shoes than in Waymo's shoes."
「我寧願站在特斯拉這邊，也不願站在Waymo那邊。」
Tesla uses camera footage from its existing fleet of vehicles to train its software aimed at enabling autonomous driving. Tesla's fleet is significantly large and operates across the country as compared to Waymo which is only operating vehicles in a select few cities within the U.S. such as Phoenix and San Francisco.
特斯拉利用現有車隊的攝像頭錄影來訓練旨在實現自動駕駛的軟件。與Waymo相比，特斯拉的車隊規模相當大，遍佈全國，而Waymo只在美國的幾個城市運營車輛，如鳳凰城和舊金山。
Tesla, therefore, likely has much more data than Waymo across scenarios of driving to train its tech, the Waymo co-founder opined.
因此，Waymo聯合創始人認爲，特斯拉很可能擁有比Waymo更多的駕駛場景數據，用於訓練其技術。
Why It Matters: Tesla unveiled its dedicated robotaxi offerings last week at an event in Los Angeles. The company unveiled two products – a two-seater Cybercab and a 20-seater Robovan with no steering wheels or pedals. The Cybercab, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said, will enter production "before 2027."
爲何重要：特斯拉在洛杉磯舉辦的活動上上週推出了專門的Robotaxi產品。該公司推出了兩款產品——兩座Cybercab和沒有方向盤或踏板的20座Robovan。特斯拉首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克表示，Cybercab將在「2027年之前」投入生產。
Waymo, meanwhile, already operates robotaxis in select cities. The company deploys its sensor suite on vehicles manufactured by other automakers, such as Jaguar vehicles, for use as robotaxis, which by itself is a cost-extensive process.
與此同時，Waymo已在某些城市運營Robotaxi。該公司在其他汽車製造商（如捷豹汽車）生產的車輛上部署其傳感器套件，用作Robotaxi，這本身就是一個成本昂貴的過程。
"You probably need to buy a car company to be able to produce the cars that you want," Levandowski reportedly said regarding Waymo. He left Waymo in 2016 after co-founding it in 2009.
「你可能需要收購一家汽車公司才能生產你想要的汽車。」據報道，萊萬多夫斯基談到了Waymo。他在2009年與人共同創立Waymo，並於2016年離開該公司。
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Photos courtesy: Tesla and Shutterstock
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譯文內容由第三人軟體翻譯。
