Lucid built 2,954 cars in the third quarter, 38% fewer than in the second, against pledges of 45,000 driverless cars for Bolt and Uber. In Europe the harder limit is an EU-wide approval route that caps each vehicle type at 1,500 cars a year.
Reality
- Evidence60
- Adoption22
- Hype gap+60
- Incentives
- Insufficient
- Confidence58
Uber is removing 3,300 roles, but the operating change is a depth limit that, at just under 30,000 employees, only works if the average manager carries more than four direct reports.
Reality
- Evidence72
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives55
- Confidence68
Bolt aims to put at least 25,000 driverless Lucids on European roads under a non-binding framework with no order and no date, while the only EU-wide approval route for a fully automated car allows 1,500 of a type a year.
Perspective Coverage
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- Builder
- Builder 25%
- Operator
- Operator 41%
- Investor
- Investor 34%
Reality
- Evidence60
- Adoption5
- Hype gap+55
- Incentives70
- Confidence62
Idaho National Laboratory's review is funded by unnamed electric and autonomous vehicle companies, per TechCrunch's sources. Seven firms reported to be considering Hesai and RoboSense parts were unaware of it.
Reality
- Evidence38
- Adoption48
- Hype gap+24
- Incentives71
- Confidence52
With Uber Eats, DoorDash and now Grubhub all able to summon the same robots, Serve is betting the fleet is the asset. The unit economics are still unproven.
Reality
- Evidence38
- Adoption66
- Hype gap+24
- Incentives64
- Confidence44