The Tesla vs. Waymo Battle Rages on with New Comments - CleanTechnica

The ongoing competition between Tesla and Waymo in the autonomous driving and robotaxi space remains intense and unresolved after about a decade. Jeff Dean, Chief Scientist at Google DeepMind and Gemini Lead, praised Waymo’s system for its extensive collection of fully autonomous miles—96 million to date—and its engineering rigor in advancing safe autonomous driving. He highlighted Waymo’s leadership in large-scale embodied AI applications and the compelling safety data supporting its approach. In response to a comparison with Tesla, Dean emphasized that Tesla does not yet match Waymo’s volume of rider-only autonomous miles. Elon Musk, however, continues to assert that Waymo is on borrowed time and that Tesla will eventually surpass it due to Tesla’s anticipated scalability and lower system costs. Musk’s argument is that while Waymo currently leads in robotaxi deployments, Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology could soon enable a rapid leap ahead, potentially rendering Waymo’s achievements less significant. The debate remains open, with Tesla supporters expecting Way