{"id":301690,"date":"2025-04-27T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=301690"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:47:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:47:26","slug":"teslas-production-vs-waymos-safety-a-new-chapter-in-the-driverless-car-rivalry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/teslas-production-vs-waymos-safety-a-new-chapter-in-the-driverless-car-rivalry\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla&#8217;s Production vs. Waymo&#8217;s Safety: A New Chapter in the Driverless Car Rivalry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a recent exchange that has amplified the rivalry between Tesla and Waymo, John Krafcik, the founder of Waymo, pushed back against <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/state-treasurers-urge-teslas-board-to-increase-oversight-on-elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Elon Musk\u2019s assertions during Tesla\u2019s latest earnings call.\">Elon Musk\u2019s assertions during Tesla\u2019s latest earnings call.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musk claimed that Tesla would dominate the autonomous driving market, predicting that the company would capture &#8220;90-something percent&#8221; of the market share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Krafcik, however, pointed to a decade of unfulfilled promises from Tesla regarding operational self-driving vehicles, emphasizing Waymo&#8217;s position as a market leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tesla investors are excitedly passing this graphic around after being confronted with data that Waymo is completing 250,000 rides per week. Their response is to highlight the economics of Waymo and make it look unaffordable at scale. <br><br>The problem is, it&#39;s intentionally deceiving\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vKMVG1sho5\">pic.twitter.com\/vKMVG1sho5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Joseph Carlson (@joecarlsonshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joecarlsonshow\/status\/1915865793251971263?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tesla&#8217;s Robotaxi Promises Face Scrutiny as Waymo Leads the Way<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musk underscored Tesla&#8217;s production capabilities, arguing that their vehicles are manufactured at a significantly lower cost than Waymo&#8217;s retrofitted cars, which he characterized as expensive due to their sensor suites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Krafcik countered this, suggesting that while Waymo&#8217;s vehicles might carry higher initial costs, the expense of sensors becomes trivial over the life of a robotaxi, considering the safety benefits they provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conflict escalates when looking at operational metrics. <strong>Waymo currently handles over 250,000 self-driving rides per week<\/strong>, while Tesla is poised to launch a mere 10 to 20 vehicles for their limited geo-fenced service in Austin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tesla vs Waymo: \u00bfQui\u00e9n ganar\u00e1 la carrera de los Robotaxis? - Si lo hubiera sabido\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NZGoLew6k4g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This raises questions about Tesla&#8217;s assertion of safety<\/strong>, especially given that their rides have been supervised by human drivers, which does not inherently prove greater safety than human-operated vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Krafcik has cast doubt on Tesla\u2019s self-driving ambitions, pointing out that the automaker has never sold a robotaxi ride to the public despite a decade of claims. Meanwhile, Tesla&#8217;s recent trips\u20141,500 completed with employee supervision\u2014have not demonstrated sufficient performance metrics to validate Musk&#8217;s confidence in surpassing Waymo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the competition heats up, it seems Waymo is on a trajectory to widen its lead, leaving Tesla to bridge a considerable gap in both operation and credibility when it comes to autonomous vehicle deployment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent exchange that has amplified the rivalry between Tesla and Waymo, John Krafcik, the founder of Waymo, pushed back against Elon Musk\u2019s assertions during Tesla\u2019s latest earnings call. Musk claimed that Tesla would dominate the autonomous driving market, predicting that the company would capture &#8220;90-something percent&#8221; of the market share. Krafcik, however, pointed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/teslas-production-vs-waymos-safety-a-new-chapter-in-the-driverless-car-rivalry\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tesla&#8217;s Production vs. Waymo&#8217;s Safety: A New Chapter in the Driverless Car Rivalry&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":301691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[8319,1471],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6849],"class_list":["post-301690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ev","tag-tesla","content-category-lifestyle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307507,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301690\/revisions\/307507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301690"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=301690"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=301690"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=301690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}