Kismet: The news of federal investigations by the Department of Justice into full self driving announced, we're announced on the same day that the Argo demise was announced. Kismet: If there's not a definitive accounting of the off-book's liabilities that are intrinsic to what Tesla's been doing with driving automation technology, you can't say that full self-driving or autopilot have been good businesses. And so the real danger is between now when the L4 companies are starting to fail, and whenever that reckoning comes, it will be possible to look at the driving automation tech business,. conclude that Tesla was the most successful and move towards that. Oh, and Waymo expanded
The gang is back to discuss some big changes in the AV world. Argo AI has shut down and Alex Roy is now adjusting back to life out of the corporate lane. Is the AV industry dead as some suggest? Is ADAS the future worth betting on? Find out on this spicy episode of the Autonocast.