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Sure there are some corner cases, but it's good enough in enough cases to get in, punch in a destination, and get you there. But you have to buy a Tesla, and they only come in electric. Waymo's are fine too, you just have to live in a supported area. The real gem for self driving, is Comma.ai. 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(And for less than $8k.)", "context": "", "use_case": "Driver assistance cruise control", "switched_from": "", "story": "Electric vehicle sales are booming in South America \u2013 without Tesla"}, {"id": 737309328, "item_id": 46081833, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46081833", "by": "fragmede", "date": "2025-11-28", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "", "excerpt": "Btw that\u2019s basically already here with http://comma.ai.", "context": "", "use_case": "Self-driving assist system", "switched_from": "", "story": "A trillion dollars (potentially) wasted on gen-AI"}, {"id": 734550848, "item_id": 45909428, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45909428", "by": "fragmede", "date": "2025-11-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "to wit, http://comma.ai has the freeway part solved, if you can get your hands on one.", "excerpt": "to wit, http://comma.ai has the freeway part solved, if you can get your hands on one.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Waymo robotaxis are now giving rides on freeways in LA, SF and Phoenix"}, {"id": 734549504, "item_id": 45909344, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45909344", "by": "fragmede", "date": "2025-11-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I tell all of my friends about it and that they should get one", "excerpt": "http://comma.ai seems to be doing alright, they just announced the new coma four. I tell all of my friends about it and that they should get one, or get a better car that supports it, unless they've got a Tesla. It's not self driving, it's just really really good cruise control.", "context": "", "use_case": "driver-assist cruise control", "switched_from": "", "story": "Waymo robotaxis are now giving rides on freeways in LA, SF and Phoenix"}]}