The Google X moonshot factory is struggling to get products out the door
I have been wondering if Google hasn&#x27;t already lost the self driving race to Tesla. Google still drives a few test vehicles around and has totalled some 2.7 million km:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Google_self-driving_car" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Google_self-driving_car</a><p>Tesla has more than 100,000 model S driving around and in just 7 months their auto pilots have already surpassed the km driven by Google for the past 7 years by almost a factor 100 (roughly 200M km). That is real use in many places, situations and weathers, not just test drives in California.<p>I realise it&#x27;s not apples to apples and that Google&#x27;s cars may be more autonomous for now. But with the numbers stacked against it like that I doubt it will be long before Tesla&#x27;s auto pilot is vastly superior.<p>As I see it, given the lack of a Google car, they will have to team up with a major car company to get enough cars out there. And that requires a more elegant hardware solution than what they currently put on the rooftops.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.extremetech.com&#x2F;extreme&#x2F;231097-tesla-records-its-first-autopilot-fatal-crash-nhtsa-opens-investigation" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.extremetech.com&#x2F;extreme&#x2F;231097-tesla-records-its-...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Tesla_Motors" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Tesla_Motors</a>