Blog
Lucid CEO doesn’t think self-driving will be realized until next decade
Oct
The CEO of luxurious electrical automobile (EV) maker Lucid Motors has shared some skepticism round self-driving automobiles, noting that he doesn’t imagine they’ll be solved till subsequent decade.
In a latest interview with Semafor, Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson has mentioned that he doesn’t count on self-driving automobiles to occur “until the 2030s,” including that he thinks persons are “considerably underestimating” the problem in reaching autonomy. The statements got here in response to the interviewer asking if folks had been minimizing how arduous it will be to surpass the ultimate 5 p.c of utter chaos concerned in fixing self-driving.
“It’s like refining gold to 99.9999 p.c — the primary few nines are simple, but it surely’s that final 0.01 p.c. I can’t see it actually taking place until the 2030s,” Rawlinson mentioned.
The interview additionally touched on a number of different subjects, together with Lucid’s powertrain know-how, and the truth that Rawlinson says he and administration are pivoting towards a higher deal with autonomous driving and the person interface. He additionally mentioned Lucid’s investments from the Saudi Arabia Public Funding Fund (PIF), together with speaking briefly about Elon Musk’s politics.
The information follows Tesla’s recent unveiling of the Cybercab and Robovan autonomous vehicles, and as some firms, corresponding to Waymo, have already been piloting early self-driving ride-hailing companies in geofenced areas. Tesla has argued that its Full Self-Driving (FSD) might be simpler to scale than companies like Waymo, on condition that it doesn’t make the most of any mapping, however somewhat drives primarily based on the coaching of its neural community with hundreds of thousands of movies from real-time driving eventualities.
Rawlinson has commonly touted the highly-efficient Lucid Air battery know-how, whereas concurrently claiming Tesla and different automakers are or have fallen behind. In August, Rawlinson mentioned that Lucid’s EVs had “taken the mantle from Tesla,” including that the corporate has “turn into distracted.”
Clearly, we’ve got the very best know-how on the earth. We’ve now taken the mantle from Tesla. We’ve got the very best tech, and that has been well known…We’ve taken the mantle certainly. I imply, everyone seems to be striving for “how far are you able to go together with how little battery house?”
We’re significantly forward of the place Tesla is. We’ve taken that mantle. Once I was at Tesla, Tesla was the tech chief. They’ve turn into distracted, and we’ve got taken that place.
Lucid partners with hotel giant to offer free cars for guest use
What are your ideas? Let me know at zach@teslarati.com, discover me on X at @zacharyvisconti, or ship us suggestions at tips@teslarati.com.
