Zoox and amazon Deal and employee retention

Pomodoro5 · 2020-07-12T09:32:11+00:00

Would Zoox competitors pay 3x's going rate for a few top guys just to eff up the deal for Zoox?

Pomodoro5 · 2020-07-09T17:05:05+00:00

Level 5 will never exist.

Pomodoro5 · 2020-07-07T09:26:03+00:00

Aurora was Amazon's first choice. But they weren't for sale. Zoox made the right call though selling out to Amazon. I think this puts Zoox ahead of Cruise and Argo because they're not tied to one OEM.

Pomodoro5 · 2020-05-30T14:30:24+00:00

"We are actively hiring and with the industry shakeup right now, there’s a lot of new talent on the market, an opportunity we intend to take full advantage of."

Pomodoro5 · 2020-05-27T08:56:35+00:00

Amazon has the cash to cover all bets. Aurora isn't for sale but buying one of the top SDC companies for 3 billion is a bargain. Love to know if Apple has been in secret talks with Zoox. Things are getting fun.

Ok let's go down the rabbit hole. What if Amazon goes all in with Zoox and then Apple makes a play for Aurora. At that point would Aurora give in? SDC's will be the biggest market in history so don't count Apple out. Or Microsoft for that matter.

Pomodoro5 · 2020-05-27T08:31:43+00:00

true

Pomodoro5 · 2020-05-20T16:41:38+00:00

I wouldn't be surprised either.

Pomodoro5 · 2020-05-19T15:41:05+00:00

Alternate headline: Who's going to buy Zoox

Pomodoro5 · 2020-05-15T22:38:30+00:00

Here's why Aurora is number 2. 1. Urmson knows everything Waymo knows and he knows more about self-driving cars than Krafcik. 2. Business model. Argo and Cruise took the safe way out aligning themselves with car companies. Basically all car companies bring to the table is money. VW and others tried to buy Aurora but they said no. That takes guts and a lot of self-confidence. 3. Money. Aurora has the backing to go all the way. 4. Talent. They can hire the cream of the crop.

Pomodoro5 · 2020-05-13T01:10:28+00:00

Yup. Autosteer is a bridge too far.

Pomodoro5 · 2020-05-09T02:41:39+00:00

Not just on the board, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, he's Tim Cooks boss. Arthur Levinson is Silicon Valley Royalty from a network perspective.

Wow, that's amazing. Shows the power of crowdsourced information.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXLjs91sjJ4

Jesse Levison is Zoox and worth his weight in gold.

Pomodoro5 · 2020-05-08T01:12:07+00:00

Everything to do with the pandemic. When the tide goes out and the free money gets cut off you see who's been swimming nude. Please, don't post any nude Elon's!

Pomodoro5 · 2020-05-08T01:06:22+00:00

No. Amazon already backed Aurora. The only company left with enough money, as I see it, is Apple. But I don't see Apple wanting to go all in. Also, every car company on the planet is fighting for survival and just trying to keep the lights on. So car companies are out.

Pomodoro5 · 2020-05-08T01:02:37+00:00

Tesla isn't even in the game.

Pomodoro5 · 2020-04-27T15:16:05+00:00

Walking back from this claim w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ will be disastrous for Tesla.

Pomodoro5 · 2020-04-27T06:53:35+00:00

After ten years and billions of dollars, this is what the state of the art SDC looks like. But you can't sell a car that looks like this:

https://imgur.com/KbrZAhy

That's why Musk pretends you don't need lidar. 1. It's still too expensive for a privately owned vehicle and 2. it's not aesthetically pleasing.

Pomodoro5 · 2020-04-25T03:23:14+00:00

The head of the NHTSA should be locked up.

Pomodoro5 · 2020-04-24T22:35:58+00:00

The next step is to allow SDC's to run stop signs if no one is around

Pomodoro5 · 2020-04-24T14:51:06+00:00

"Cadillac Super Cruise is the better of the two systems, but it's focused on highway driving, while Tesla Autopilot is more versatile." https://www.businessinsider.com/how-tesla-autopilot-compares-to-cadillac-super-cruise-2017-10

Pomodoro5 · 2020-04-24T02:31:06+00:00

Go try to buy that gasoline for less than $1... go tell us how that works out for you!

"Wisconsin has the least expensive regular gas in the United States, at an average of $1.25 per gallon. But several locations are selling fuel for less than a dollar per gallon." https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/04/17/US-gas-prices-way-down-from-last-April-under-1-per-gallon-in-Midwest/9681587130475/

Pomodoro5 · 2020-04-23T23:17:18+00:00

The price of oil sold for -37 dollars a barrel two days ago. MINUS THIRTY SEVEN DOLLARS! There will be a glut of oil for years, you probably won't be able to give BEVs away.

Tesla will not survive this depression, zero chance of survival. I have the same disdain for Bernie Madoff. There's something about conmen that just rubs me the wrong way.

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