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📣 simonebrunozzi

What's the state of self-driving cars in 2025? Tesla, etc.


Besides marketing fluff and PR statements, what's the REAL state of self-driving car technology in 2025?

Tesla is obviously the most famous, but AFAIK many other brands now offer self-driving that is considered to be at Level 3, or close enough.


  👤 NullHypothesist Accepted Answer ✓
Waymo is offering L4 rides in multiple cities and scaling fast; they're largely considered to be the leader in the space by a wide margin.

Zoox is just starting to offer L4 rides in Las Vegas & Sf. It's trailing Waymo by a few years, but has good design & core tech.

Tesla is taking a very different & controversial approach, and is generally viewed, by most people with knowledge of the industry (armchair experts on X aside), as far behind in core technology for L4 cars, but as having the best driver assist system. I think they're in for a rude awakening when they try to launch 'real' self-driving cars in Austin, but time will tell.

Overall, do yourself a favor, and check out Waymo videos on youtube.