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Is Tesla Falling Behind in Autonomous Driving?

Tesla's comments and actions show that it may already be behind competitors in self-driving technology.

By Travis Hoium – Aug 16, 2022 at 12:00PM EST

Tesla (TSLA 3.59%) has been a leader in autonomous driving with its Autopilot software, which costs between $6,000 and $12,000 in new vehicles. But is Tesla the industry leader, or are companies like General Motors (GM 1.32%) and Alphabet (GOOG 3.02%) (GOOGL 3.44%) surpassing Tesla's technology with very little fanfare? 

Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Aug. 15, 2022. The video was published on Aug. 15, 2022.

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Travis Hoium
Travis Hoium is a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst covering solar energy, technology, and growth stocks. Before The Motley Fool, Travis was a mechanical engineer at 3M and founded a virtual reality company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Minnesota.
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Stocks Mentioned

Tesla Stock Quote
Tesla
NASDAQ: TSLA
$372.24
(-3.55%)-$13.71
Alphabet Stock Quote
Alphabet
NASDAQ: GOOGL
$280.90
(-3.45%)-$10.03
Amazon Stock Quote
Amazon
NASDAQ: AMZN
$207.54
(-1.97%)-$4.17
General Motors Stock Quote
General Motors
NYSE: GM
$75.60
(-1.32%)-$1.01
Domino's Pizza Group Plc Stock Quote
Domino's Pizza Group Plc
LSE: DOM
$176.00
(+1.73%)+$3.00
Alphabet Stock Quote
Alphabet
NASDAQ: GOOG
$280.74
(-3.06%)-$8.85

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