Rimac Robotaxi! Bugatti CEO’s ‘Verne’ Ready To Take On Tesla

[@danijelhrup9715]

Dude Rimac ten years ago had one car and garage... 10 years later!!!

[@matealac3439]

And rich daddy who is convicted criminal, who stole money from workers

[@user-xj3ve7wt8k]

Leftists Commies hates Croatia success.

[@JohnDoeGoGoGo]

Rimac is called LieBeard in Croatia for a reason. Also, his father is a convicted criminal and a moneymonger.

[@johnnyblaze1372]

@@matealac3439convinced criminal ?its a stupid lie from some douchebag’s like you.Eaven if his Father was a convicted Criminal wich buy the way was never bean aprowed.What that has with mate to do?If Mate was a criminal or bean convicted for anything,Porsche woulnd‘t invest in his Company,either Hiunday or other.did you really think thoose investor can be that stupid invest Money in a Company where the CEO is convicted Criminal?This Story is make up from some stupid People like you.People they never achive anything in they Lives😂

[@user-xj3ve7wt8k]

@@matealac3439 ahahahah leftists are butthurt

[@niklaswejedal463]

the irony: that looks like something I would like to DRIVE...

[@derbigpr500]

That's exactly what I thought, give me a short RWD 2 seater hot hatch like this with 400-500hp EV.

[@viktorianas]

@@niklaswejedal463 there is Xbox inside, so you can pretend you drive with a joystick, or you can plug in some sim racing wheel 🤗

[@dnuno75]

​@@derbigpr500 Precisely! ❤

[@kafiluz4317]

One could think all it takes to realize a robotaxi is hardware. The real key for this is software though. And Mobileye is nowhere near of a solution. In the meanwhile Teslas FSD 13 in Manhattans rushhour, butter smooth with not a single intervention. Not a commercial video, but a uncut customers vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZy0n5mlhrqFebs

[@learningcameras]

The comments lol! This is a Taxi, no one is forcing you to sell your M3 for one of these

[@smazungsmazo-qh1bw]

It's a money laundering scheme. And siphoning fund from the EU with the help of the ruling party in Croatia. His father was just sentenced to prison for fraud last week.

[@DominikDD46]

😂

[@thedalailmao]

Hahaha

[@RunForPeace-hk1cu]

Elon Bros are sooooo triggered. LOL

[@xavierh.5102]

(yet)

[@VFPn96kQT]

I've seen dozens of similar concepts. The problem is implementing it in the real world, for a showroom.

[@Rollexm]

Thank you.

[@Peanutdenver]

TopGear click bait in reality. Look at the infrastructure Tesla has in the US, Europe, China etc, they've built years of brand trust, recognition and loyalty. Now I love to see competition in any market so I want to see Rimac succeed, but taking on Tesla is a silly headline for what they are trying to accomplish with this AI taxi.

[@VFPn96kQT]

@@Peanutdenver good joke "Tesla brand trust" 😂 Tesla Didn't they promise the arrival of robotaxi in 2020?

[@Peanutdenver]

@@VFPn96kQT First I am not a Tesla owner and will never be one, but if you dont think selling 6 million cars with a 60% repeat customer base isn't brand loyalty then the jokes on you dude🤣

[@silotx]

And the price , if it's going to cost more than a regular taxi then it doesn't makes sense.

[@p.a.4928]

It looks like cars in Demolition Man ! The future of the past...

[@miroslavpendelj9685]

You are past of the future!!! A sceptic man. You need love. 😊😊😊

[@jeffreydurham2566]

Or the Johnny Cab from Total Recall.

[@browneyesjesus]

Spot on

[@Metal0sopher]

They also watched Demolition Man and Total Recal just like you. In fact most people today think/are influenced by Scifi ideas because their brains are filled with scifi information. Just look at Musk. He's trying to make Isaac Asimov's worlds real.

[@miroslavpendelj9685]

And you also need the love, Jeffrey! Do you think you are nice? ​I don't think. But your mammy thinks you are.@@jeffreydurham2566

[@lukavujeva6584]

A dream coming true. Imagine you take off from the plan from your business trip, entering this car, not having a rude stinking driver who does not understand a word, you need to repeat the address 10 times, wants to rip you off, lies that he can only accept cash because his card machine is broken, etc. (This is our reality in Germany now and it happened to me many times).

[@saddlebox484]

Hmmmm....a German using dehumanising language about undesirable people in his country he dislikes. Feel like I've heard this kind of thing before......

[@lukavujeva6584]

​@@saddlebox484@saddlebox484 lol, what's dehumanizing? Or is it good that a taxi driver stinks, yells, is rude, drives you a longer route, and tries to get his cash money without a receipt? Is that the standard of service you like to get when paying 50€ for 7 km ride?

[@TheInfamousDope]

Sounded like a true german

[@lukavujeva6584]

@@TheInfamousDope@TheInfamousDope hahaha great thinking ;) I guess you love body odor, bad communication, stinky cars, and when someone rips you off. Great standards! I wish you a lot of such occurrences.

[@MaxDankOG]

Agreed

[@tommihommi1]

The future is *fewer cars*, not more cars with fewer people in them

[@TheDoubleBee]

Absolutely agree! We need efficient public transport, not these autonomous tin cans.

[@LoneWolf-wp9dn]

#wrong... Personal transportation is by far the best... And evtol is coming fast

[@THUGPUTIN]

It will never be the future... Keyword to understand this is bullshitt "Rolls Royce comfort @22:00 and democratising luxury and comfort @ 22:52" for people who pay few dollars for pick up and drop... 😂 If he had that intention, he wouldn't be rimac and making bugatti... Investors love to talk big and say, we bring this and that to people but all they want is to control people.. Lots of people ear money through driving taxi and these investors wants all the money coming into single pocket instead of thousand of drivers.. 😂 Even bigger question tesla and bugatti needs to answer is, why do people use taxi? These dumbarses are making taxi for rich... Let's be honest... 😂

[@goldreverre]

@@TheDoubleBee public transport is yesterday's idea. Everyone's needs and destination is different.

[@Renzsu]

@@THUGPUTIN Exactly! I just commented somewhere else with more or less the same.. money savings just mean more profit, not cheaper products. Us common people are not getting any freebies here, no matter how they try to convince us it's a good idea to give up our jobs for these AI products.

[@raphymartinez]

Anyone can show these ideas. Pretty disappointed that they couldn't show a functional demo model, even in a parking lot.

[@johnkeating5966]

Every new car review ever is like this lol. Top gear does car reviews without actually driving them *very* often.

[@raphymartinez]

@@johnkeating5966 def not the same. We're talking robotaxi here, so the main focus is on "does it actually work as such", not so much on neat screens or the seating arrangement, or whatever. None of that matters if it can't actually drive from A to B without a steering wheel. Others have shown over the years that it is a lot easier said than done.

[@gursua9412]

@@raphymartinezThey will fool a lot of gullible people to invest and like Nikola they will cash out and leave the hard working people holding the bag.

[@JohnSmith-pn2vl]

yea but when Elon or Mate is talking you should listen, all others are pansies

[@raphymartinez]

@@JohnSmith-pn2vl I get that. Just odd to show off a driverless car and not show it driving itself around. Te rest is just fluff until you can prove that it actually does the thing that it's focused on

[@entertainingandfun2719]

Top gear production team is making some incredible content recently. Everything flows perfectly. Really impressed! Out of nowhere I suddenly find myself coming to top gear first once more. I hope someone at top gear sees this

[@ilmelangolo]

This totally recalls me about "Total Recall"...

[@davew5167]

Open your mind!!!

[@RunForPeace-hk1cu]

What do you think Robotaxis looks like? LOL ...

[@cookieinthewoods]

Johnny Cab; "We hope you enjoyed the ride!"

[@davew5167]

​@@cookieinthewoodsI got a wife and five kids to feed!

[@purpleking159]

This looks way better than Teslas.

[@KyleHubb]

You're kidding, right?

[@purpleking159]

@@KyleHubb No, Im not.

[@Robert-vh2cl]

But why design it to look like a car? It’s a shuttle isn’t it?

[@TomasAngelus]

It's way way better than the Tesla robotaxi.

[@KyleHubb]

@@TomasAngelus LOL. This mini Cybertruck wannabe?

[@DouglasJWalker]

The thought of "will you send your child to school in one" should be the first question thought of.

[@lukazupie7220]

And? What are your thoughts? 😀

[@khanisbrown6424]

You could still say that during The era of the invention of the plane but now, you fly your whole family with no doubt

[@miroslavpendelj9685]

We have the school buses! Don't be sceptic, man. You are the walker and I can understand you. Walk, and be happy!

[@miroslavpendelj9685]

​@@lukazupie7220On misli kako nije dobro biti zavidljiv ali "ne vridi." 😊😊😊

[@eubikedude]

Probably safer than the average person that currently does it.

[@littlesaigondulichsinhhoat6317]

besides the talking any footage of the full self driving, demo in action? fsd is the hardest part of robo taxi.

[@gronz]

trust him, he is not Tesla

[@OneManOnFire]

As someone who works in the autonomous car industry. I've been in a total of 3 different driverless cars on public roads. It takes a lot of engineers to write code for these cars.

[@OneManOnFire]

@@carsonj1 It still requires a lot of engineers.

[@boostav]

@@OneManOnFire Not to mention capital, which Rimac being a tiny company doesn't have. Seems like a desperate attempt to get some funding because the company is going under.

[@bdcarlitosway]

But can it outsmart a cone placed on the hood?

[@edd2184]

I think that would even caused some human drivers to panic, can you imagine sitting at a traffic light and somebody runs up and puts a cone on your car 😂 You'll probably spend a couple seconds going "WTF!?!?!?!'

[@BilalSattar]

"we are not focused on that" the ceo on the self driving part 😂

[@kristijangrgic9841]

They bought autonomus driving software from another company which develops it. Rimac makes the cars and that mothership but not autonomus software.

[@BilalSattar]

@@kristijangrgic9841 who has autonomous driving software to sell right now?

[@JayCreates]

​@@kristijangrgic9841exactly

[@SynthiaVan]

It would be wild if there was a lidar network that autonomous cars all tied into, like at intersections and on street lights. A full 3d picture for the car to use.

[@jordanco]

I don't trust this works until I see 3rd party videos testing it in real world situations

[@miroslavpendelj9685]

Are you a communist, boy? They are sceptic.

[@Strepite]

He had a showcase the other day (to justify public funding) where he tried to hail the "car" on stage, it failed and it turned out it was ALL fake, there was a guy with joystick that was supposed to operate the car remotely. First they were silent about it but in the end admitted it. So basically there is no car, it's literally a concept of car interior and the main feature is you can play a game or change the smell in the cabin!? Lol... From all evidences the whole thing seems like a big scam in order to harvest a ton of public money (around 200 000 000 €) He already broke ALL deadlines on which basis he got public funds and croatian journalists are finally starting to investigate what's going on...

[@jordanco]

@@Strepite wow. And I see people touting how it’s so far ahead Tesla FSD. Everyone needs to see this

[@Strepite]

@@jordanco Also his father FINALLY got convicted for stealing a lot of money, apparently he already ran away to Bosnia (has dual citizenship) and guess who was the first investor in Rimac company? lol I am disgusted by this world and want to puke everytime I see people raising this kid to the sky…

[@harry-eto]

Absolutely. They should race Tesla's FSD 12.x to several destinations in a non premapped city by 3rd party testers

[@_downunderdutch289]

Would be good if the trunk opens a bit slower ..

[@BilalSattar]

they talked about everything except how the car will actually drive itself. isn't that the most important part for all of this?

[@miroslavpendelj9685]

Are you nervouse, Bilal?

[@BilalSattar]

@@miroslavpendelj9685 nope

[@BilalSattar]

@@miroslavpendelj9685 nope. you are though

[@julianstewart4356]

Exactly!

[@Strepite]

He had a showcase the other day (to justify public funding) where he tried to hail the "car" on stage, it failed and it turned out it was ALL fake, there was a guy with joystick that was supposed to operate the car remotely. First they were silent about it but in the end admitted it. So basically there is no car, it's literally a concept of car interior and the main feature is you can play a game or change the smell in the cabin!? Lol... From all evidences the whole thing seems like a big scam in order to harvest a ton of public money (around 200 000 000 €) He already broke ALL deadlines on which basis he got public funds and croatian journalists are finally starting to investigate what's going on...

[@michalfaraday8135]

No demo of actual driving makes this a pointless clickbait. Any car company can build a cool car filled with sensors.

[@bleuebloom]

i agree. it’s weird rimac would come out with smth like this when elon has been trying to make Teslas drive themselves for a gazillion years and still can’t.

[@pneumonoultramicroscopicsi4065]

​@bleuebloom it's because tesla refuses to use lidars

[@pneumonoultramicroscopicsi4065]

It's to get investment

[@alborzdesign]

prototypes are easy. production is hard. let's see how this goes. until they start mass manufacturing this, it's all vapourware.

[@ricomichel]

Don't underestimate Mate Rimac. Also, don't overestimate Elon and his many failed ideas like the Hyperloop, Boring Company, stainless steel rocket and pointless 44 Bn$ acquisition of Twitter ;-)

[@lukecrowley571]

This is the first one of these that I've seen that I'd actually want to use. Great job Rimac!

[@steveseeger]

Concept's are easy. It looks expensive to produce for something that is meant to be a utility where people want to pay the lowest price to go a short distance in the city, typically.

[@f.kieranfinney457]

What we need is better buses and subways. Then we wouldn’t need so many cars and taxis. I think limiting it to 2 passengers is a mistake. People go out at night with a group of friends, families travel to the airport or train station or to grandma’s house. 3 passengers makes more sense. But they have the data so we’ll see. In America this is a tough sell other than NYC and maybe LA and Chicago.

[@Strepite]

He had a showcase the other day (to justify public funding) where he tried to hail the "car" on stage, it failed and it turned out it was ALL fake, there was a guy with joystick that was supposed to operate the car remotely. First they were silent about it but in the end admitted it. So basically there is no car, it's literally a concept of car interior and the main feature is you can play a game or change the smell in the cabin!? Lol... From all evidences the whole thing seems like a big scam in order to harvest a ton of public money (around 200 000 000 €) He already broke ALL deadlines on which basis he got public funds and croatian journalists are finally starting to investigate what's going on...

[@f.kieranfinney457]

@@Strepite so he’s following the Elon Musk playbook.

[@Strepite]

@@f.kieranfinney457 I’d say Balkans playbook too

[@kimb715]

I can just imagine everyone racing to use the robotaxi because some celebrity released an album.

[@Monkstameth]

"Where's the sofware Lebowski?!"

[@intersanctum]

In Israel.

[@shakesnbake]

I wouldn't expect anything less from Mate Rimac! Amazine!

[@louisdude1]

I love this design. But the hard part is actually getting a car to drive itself, which, no one has achieved yet. Tesla is nearly there, but that took 6m vehicles worth of driving data , mutli billions and 10 years.

[@jebidiahcarlyon3543]

Tesla isn't even close. Waymo is MUCH closer, they seem to still fall victim to occasional edge-cases. FSD is a con, full-stop.

[@cdnaudioguy]

The Teslae are reasonable at it, but having tried full self drive a few times in a friends Model 3 last month, it's not ready for prime time. As a take-over for a long trip on the freeway or interstate - likely. Navigating a busy downtown or dealing with roundabouts, terrifying.

[@frankcoffey]

Achieving it is not the only issue. In the US public transportation is only so popular and there are plenty of options already. I just don't see more people using public transportation just because there is no driver. It's still shared with others and it's not waiting for you to make a quick get away when needed. Our use of cars is not just pre planned trips from one location to another. Sometimes we just "go for a drive", we see what's new and stop anytime we see something interesting. There have been many estimates about how much the market is worth and I don't think any of them are close to reality and might even be based on getting 100% of the market with no competition. There is no way to make back the money spent on these things.

[@louisdude1]

​@frankcoffey Robotaxis will be on par with public transport costs, but you now also have your own space, no need to wait in long queues for trains/busses etc. You can relax, stretch out, watch a movie/do work etc. That's a huge value add for the consumer

[@frankcoffey]

@@louisdude1 I still don't think that's new customers. It's just a slice of the pie of people that will consider public transportation at all. We shall see what that's worth but I think it's going to be a tiny fraction of what has been estimated.

[@kikogolfutube]

Let’s see the production hell. Prototypes are easy!

[@sesvecan]

The factory for it is built, the showcase city and the country are fully in it. Its not the car, its not legal restrictions, those things won't run high speed on high ways its the business case behind it. Rimac, will again use this as a show case and make money with the tech behind it.

[@wyattnoise]

Hope he sees this, champ.

[@CYBRLFT]

Bingo and this little car is expensive to make. 😮‍💨

[@miroslavpendelj9685]

​@@CYBRLFTDo you pay the production?😊😊😊

[@GenuineFlolie]

Bugatti has just as much experience with building cars at large scale as the next startup. Even with big investors backing (Lucid/Nio/etc) them up almost none of them end up mass producing cars.

[@Auslander_]

Its a nice car but no one have a full autonomus car. Just needed this to say, that means autonomy level 5 and no one had that at this point, so why do you say its fully autonomu?s

[@thagoff]

because it’s a scam to collect more money. these things are never driving around the city of Zagreb, mark my words

[@onionface5835]

I see a lot of pointless design elements that will cause the price and production complexity to increase. for example the rear window in a robo taxi is pointless, better to press a single stamped piece of metal.

[@RdnkB]

Guys, guys,guys,listen, what about a some sort of electric vehicle that going to drive around city and you could jump on it on special places, sit or stand and it’s like a room and can pick up a ton of people so you don’t need a ton of separate vehicles, what an idea huh

[@LandonDean-zk4wn]

Vehicles for 1 to 2 people are actually more efficient at delivering people to their individual destinations. There certainly will be autonomous busses in the future once this is scalable.

[@partlysane5382]

To build a robotaxi vehicle and ecosystem without concentrating on the actual "self driving" aspect suggests to me that the autonomous system may well be licensed from someone who has solved the problem. Even Waymo and Cruise might be good enough by the time Verne becomes available. It's great to see such a well respected company enter this arena.

[@BorkaSchwarzer]

what about their actuall autonomous tech? that is the key technology here

[@dmc6617]

“Oh, it has a decent size boot”, “Yes, it has a big trunk!” Very funny scene😂

[@7ghost_gaming7]

19:09 In the future "You'll own nothing and you'll be happy" !

[@Blento0404otnelB]

I saw it in person and I can say that, for a taxy- it is big, but only two seats. And that kills it for me. This is a vehicle for rich people. And taxi drivers will have a field day with them.

[@bhspenceryt]

Thats nice, did you write any self driving software?

[@JohnSmith-pn2vl]

they are all complete jokes except Tesla and Rimac which actually rock at software

[@dod_the_angel]

​@@JohnSmith-pn2vlinclude tesla in the clown section (like a joke, but not funny)

[@simonfriedman9212]

It really is the elephant in the room and quite disappointing that they didn't press the issue. That said, what they are doing here really seems to be asking for Waymo to license their software stack, which might in fact not be a bad bet given how Google (Android, etc) have operated in the past. Conversely, they might be trying to sell the physical cars to Waymo itself, which has seemingly given up on developing its own car in favor of partnerships (Jaguar i-Pace being the current test bed of choice). Rimac really made its name as a supplier to others so the fact that there could be a lot more to this iceberg than we can see makes a lot of sense, especially if they are deep in talks.

[@YourD3estinY]

The autonomous driving is done by Mobileye. Rimac Technology does, as far as I know, all of their infotainments, applications and software on the Controller Area Network (CAN) level themselves, so it will likely be the case with Verne as well.

[@simonfriedman9212]

@@YourD3estinY Good catch. Another big OEM provider, although I wonder how their full autonomy software will stack up to Waymo. There is a big difference between driver assistance and full autonomy and they seem pretty untested on the latter.

[@murdoch9106]

This looks brilliant! Might be the best one yet.

[@cgtactical6619]

I cant imagine how much rides will cost to make up for the expenses of producing all these vehicles, especially since they only have one purpose, for a limited customer base in specific areas.

[@KingLuis1985]

have you seen how much a taxi costs? you don't have to pay the driver anymore, without the need of a steering wheel, dash board, etc, costs could be the same or less than an actual car.

[@THUGPUTIN]

It will never be the future... Keyword to understand this is bullshitt "Rolls Royce comfort @22:00 and democratising luxury and comfort @ 22:52" for people who pay few dollars for pick up and drop... 😂 If he had that intention, he wouldn't be rimac and making bugatti... Investors love to talk big and say, we bring this and that to people but all they want is to control people.. Lots of people ear money through driving taxi and these investors wants all the money coming into single pocket instead of thousand of drivers.. 😂 Even bigger question tesla and bugatti needs to answer is, why do people use taxi? These dumbarses are making taxi for rich... Let's be honest... 😂

[@Renzsu]

@@KingLuis1985 That's what they said about electric cars... "electricity is dirt cheap, it's like driving for free!".. now charging anywhere else than at off-peak hours costs you just as much as filling up a tank of gas and the cars are now prohibitively expensive as well. It will never get cheaper, they just find novel new ways of getting more of that revenue in the pockets of shareholders rather than the consumer.

[@KingLuis1985]

@@Renzsu the big difference is people aren't the ones buying these cars. they just have to pay for the fair which if it can compete with ubers or taxis then it's worth it. the push for ev's is basically telling people to get rid of their current vehicle and buy an ev and have a payment that you probably didn't have before.

[@xirfan]

Most cabs will do 8 hours a day, this will do at least 12. It should result in fares that are on par with regular cabs.

[@filips989]

"Why will this suceed where other have stalled?" - user experience! I'm fairly sure the question was supposed to be about level 5 autonomy... but no worries.

[@letsverne]

Definitely not a toaster 🐈

[@libbydaddy8610]

I've got to admit, and this is really surprising to me, that that looks really appealing

[@markmiller6844]

I'm very interested in this but had to stop because of a HUGE amount of commercials being inserted. What is going on?

[@fortunefed8719]

Just get adblock. KZbin is un-watchable without nowadays.

[@alborzdesign]

Get ublock origin. not adblock.

[@davids.8664]

Use a decent Browser like Brave Browser, thank me later.

[@dennisdodic6255]

They want to force users into KZbin premium..

[@partlysane5382]

@markmiller6844 Check your settings. it is possible to block commercials. I didn't see one single commercial, infact i don't see commercials on youtube during any video except when viewing in the car where i can't control the preferences. I sometimes see one at the beginning but that's all.

[@zukacs]

looks like a 4th year design student assignment

[@002mjr]

The car design is fine, my question is they have no real world driving data??? Because of that, I assume it will operate within a tight tolerance of where you can go. It’s good to see others trying but I think the march of 9’s will make it difficult for them once operating as others are finding out. Tesla’s general AI solution I think will win in the end.

[@kristijangrgic9841]

Yes they will map the area of some large city and taxi will drive only in that area

[@BranislavB-hx9zy]

Rimac collaborates with Alphabet (Google) which has the third largest AI capacity in the US, Tesla's Dojo is not even on the top 10 list in the US, no need to worry.

[@alternateye2711]

Tesla doesn't have AGI you know that right?

[@Teslafan9519]

@@BranislavB-hx9zy Tesla has NVIDIA chips though and over 6 million vehicles collecting real world data which is required for it to work in the first place. In order to catch up you'll need to build more factories than Tesla and at bare minimum be equally efficient in each factory at producing vehicles and on top of that you'll need the capital and expertise for those factories. After this you'll need approximately $250B in order to build those vehicles and lots of human workers & automation. After this you'll need to find +6m people willing to buy those vehicles and hope you can sell them at a profit. After this you'll need them to actively drive around (more than Tesla) in order to catch up to their amount of data. After this you'll need to be able to process the data faster than Tesla & actually take advantage of that data correctly and so on. Nobody is catching up, it's game over.

[@Strepite]

He had a showcase the other day (to justify public funding) where he tried to hail the "car" on stage, it failed and it turned out it was ALL fake, there was a guy with joystick that was supposed to operate the car remotely. First they were silent about it but in the end admitted it. So basically there is no car, it's literally a concept of car interior and the main feature is you can play a game or change the smell in the cabin!? Lol... From all evidences the whole thing seems like a big scam in order to harvest a ton of public money (around 200 000 000 €) He already broke ALL deadlines on which basis he got public funds and croatian journalists are finally starting to investigate what's going on...

[@dnuno75]

Fabulous! Yet real! Mate & Team keep doing genius stuff. Rimac, Bugatti and now this!

[@itsdailygaming]

I don’t understand the question, “why make it look like a car” what must it look like? 👀🤷🏾‍♂️

[@markmiller6844]

@@itsdailygaming the “toaster” robotaxi form factor mentioned in the video has been around since the 1960’s

[@itsdailygaming]

@@markmiller6844 no it is fine, I think we all have such days

[@swettapher]

ITS the best Design Concept Ive seen so far. Very well done

[@bolus1982]

I like it, it’s a good concept. It accelerates autonomous driving.

[@miroslavpendelj9685]

Simple and clean line.

[@bytebit49]

Great job on this robotaxi-Verne project! I'm rooting for your team. You're proving that big ideas can become real with hard work and smart thinking. Keep going - you're showing the doubters wrong!

[@MsSwap2009]

Rimac doesnt know what are requests for tax viechle. Either 2-3 passengers with big boot or even car for parents with small children with baby seats. Vern car looks like that Titanic submarine disaster.

[@miroslavpendelj9685]

​@@MsSwap2009This is not the Titanic! This is only your jealousy. Be happy, man.

[@MsSwap2009]

@@miroslavpendelj9685 If you could not recognized woman by her name how you could recognize other cars? 🤣

[@Palbizu]

It’s cool but as has been said, we need public transportation not more individualized pods

[@pneumonoultramicroscopicsi4065]

The market decides

[@cambell-yi2gh]

These aren't for the suburbs.

[@kraenk12]

Europe has that already.

[@snerp]

Only criticism is how slow that hatch opens 3:36

[@TheManinblack1011]

" it's not a car" Looks a lot like a car to me 😒

[@lifer9883]

It's a couch 😅

[@cuscoothriyas5163]

That's literally the point

[@RunForPeace-hk1cu]

Did you watch the video smooth brain?

[@ZeHoSmusician]

@@lifer9883 : A sheltered couch on wheels! 😊

[@larsolivius]

It seems to have similar sensors as the failing Waymo. Will Verne be geo-fenced or can it navigate anywhere like Tesla's FSD is shaped to do?

[@kristijangrgic9841]

Geo fenced much like Waymo

[@boostav]

Wow, didn't know Rimac was going bankrupt. This reeks of desperation.

[@alexgruia88]

Bruh, the fact that they started with the car first tells me everything i need to know. This ain't no competitor this is a FSD license client ;)..

[@metta8]

This is what I'm waiting for. I don't like dealing with other drivers. No more insurance, maintenance, etc. That would save thousands of dollars each year. I like looking for new ways to cut my expenses down.

[@miroslavpendelj9685]

Bravo, man!

[@montek1singh12345678]

the car looks awesome. Probably the best looking electric hatchback.

[@m1k3vroom]

a two person taxi? LOL, you're having a laugh.

[@KingLuis1985]

whats wrong with that? most of the time it's two people or less like they said. if it can be cheap enough, having 2 of them to use could be better than a regular taxi or taxi van. the big thing is how much a fare would be.

[@Makrel94]

@@KingLuis1985That would require hundred of thousands of them.. How is that a good idea ? Walkable cities, with great public transport is the way.

[@user-xj3ve7wt8k]

90% of time is one or two people.

[@learningcameras]

I'm sure they will develop a larger one eventually. Targeting 90% of rides in the first product seems logical

[@CYBRLFT]

No this part actually makes sense. I surveyed 200 of my Uber trips and the average number of passengers was 1.5

[@mikefox69420]

It looks very clean and cute in a way. The service looks promising. I would reconsider the 'no wipers' decision though.

[@Carfeu]

Love that they do it before Musk but we need more public transport not more cars, you can’t have so many cars inside cities

[@KingLuis1985]

so more buses in cities? why not a small car that can be parked away until needed? instead of buses doing routes all day long and having people having to walk from every destination. why can't someone just have their own taxi so to speak? i think it's a much better idea than a bus. smaller vehicle, don't have a bus with 3 or 4 people inside waiting around until their stop.

[@alastairhatt360]

They are not doing it before Tesla, that’s the point. This is just a design concept not a functioning vehicle.

[@808GT]

@@alastairhatt360 dont bother - protypes are easy, production is... well 99% chance nobody here can complete this sentence.

[@onsokumaru4663]

@@alastairhatt360 Tesla doesn't even have a prototype driverless vehicle. Tesla is all about hype. They were the first to announce an electric pickup truck but other manufacturers beat them to that. The robotaxi vehicle in this video will release first than tesla vaporware robotaxi. I'm still waiting for my Tesla Roadster 2.0 by the way.

[@RunForPeace-hk1cu]

Less people use cars to commute using this method … car share taxis

[@PookDaWook]

I think it's cool to see a thought exercise like this into the eventual autonomous ride hailing future. But it's a pretty hollow unveiling when people understand that the driving software isn't mature yet (at any company)

[@gjssjg]

Now it's societal change not just a rich man's hobby.

[@miketaylor4162]

Everytime I hear about autonomous cars I think of the robot taxi from Total Recall lol.

[@GurunathHirve]

What about getting out in emergency? What about stopping the car if my handset's display breaks when I am inside? Is there a button inside which I can press to open both the doors? It should also have turn indicators, for human driver and wipers too, because even though it can drive through the rain autonomously, people sitting inside should be able to see outside when it's raining. How about throwing some HDR Capable OLED Screens in there, with some Dolby Atmos/Dolby Vision?

[@mateo8090]

it literaly has a sos button and open door button and it says on the screen it has dolby atmos

[@GurunathHirve]

@@mateo8090 Oh, I guess I didn't see anything then 🤣. Plus ummmm yes, Atmos is good. But they should go for DoVi also. Great if they've done that too. I don't think that display's OLED though. MiniLED would also be sufficient, especially with blackened glasses all around.

[@miroslavpendelj9685]

Go to Croatia and ask! Welcome to Croatia!

[@GurunathHirve]

@@miroslavpendelj9685 🤣🤝

[@RastaRider]

This is the perfect model for the electric car. I thought of this first! Haha maybe but jk. Verne is cool and Rimac is cool yay. 💯 Cheers from Florida 🌴🤙🏼

[@ljubomirradanovic7969]

As a citizen of Croatia, I would most sincerely like the success of this project. Mate Rimac could be in the rank of Nikola Tesla, but I personally doubt that this story will take a completely different course. Many times richer, more technologically advanced countries have spent billions of dollars, they do not show the final solutions of autonomous vehicles. When analyze the current level of development of cameras and sensors for detection and it is impossible for AI to make 100% correct decisions in real conditions of vehicle use. It is nice to dream, but the current state of technology and electronics has limits that limit autonomous application. The time ahead will prove that .With this promotion of its autonomous vehicle, Rimac only wanted to justify the invested funds from shareholders and the EU. The years ahead will tell if I'm wrong.!!!

[@fapmashina1]

I'm also from Croatia and I do get your opinion and doubts but somehow I do believe Rimac is gonna be successful in this project too.

[@111usul]

smartphones and internet seemed 20 years ago like a crazy dream, with exponential development of ai and quantum computing will figure that out sooner that later

[@ivankuljis1780]

@ljbomirradanovic As a 5 year old, l left the lsland of Vis for the expansive isle of Australia. The World is a completely different place since then.....Tesla, Rimac and all the others involved in changing the way we move about on this Blue Planet, will take us into the Future with exponential technological change, sooner than many of us could imagine a decade ago! Enjoy the journey......

[@thagoff]

Mate couldnt even clean tesla’s shoes lmao. GTFO

[@intersanctum]

@@thagoff Calm down Tesla cultist.

[@Milen4u]

This is definetely a thing for the Emirates, Saudi Arabia. I am curious which cities in Europe are going to allow them.

[@Aaron_Aaron_S]

This is the level of detail & presentation Tesla should have given about their autonomous cars.

[@kafiluz4317]

I prefer spending the money in technology rather than marketing. Rimac doesn't even have a working software for autonomy. And you can't have better advertisement for free than shared customer experiences like this here: FSD 13 in Manhattan rush hour kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZy0n5mlhrqFebs. But to achieve this, you must have a working product and not just a prototype. It's blabla vs. delivering.

[@mauricioterkovic1404]

😂just one question. Why doesn’t it driving? My son has also one like this in his toybox, the difference is, its moving😂😂

[@miroslavpendelj9685]

What a happy daddy!

[@christopherdinh-kw4rd]

It is just for show. Nothing functional yet.

[@MCI-ReactGaming]

This was better coverage than carwow

[@thewaldfe9763]

not a high bar, but yes

[@urbanstrencan]

Another home run for Mate and his team at Rimac technology, what an awesome technology and actually looks great would love version with steering wheel 😊❤❤😂😂. Tom as always great video and keep up with awesome job😊😊❤

[@Epiccurios]

This company currently manufactures 150 units per year. Not sure if they’ll even be able to scale an AV, especially an electric AV. Anyone can build a few very expensive cars, but not many can scale these at an affordable price. I say if they can scale these at 20-30k each, then they may have a shot, but something tells me the LiDAR is going to be very expensive haha

[@oskar6661]

It's amusing that anyone thinks this will be a "normal" taxi. This will be for a very few select people. A real "modern" autonomous taxi would be made of industrial plastics on the outside, spray-washable seats on the inside, on steel wheels and cheap tires, with large bumper bars to avoid damage on the outside...and made by the cheapest bidder. Oh, and it'd hold 4-6 people, regardless of the 'average' rider, etc.

[@johann-space]

This is so well designed

[@AtheistOrphan]

‘We hope you enjoyed the riiiiiiiiide!’

[@thepeopleschamp88]

This is the future of transportation

[@portcybertryx222]

Nope future in cities lies in public transit. In rural areas maybe

[@thepeopleschamp88]

@@portcybertryx222 I can accept that

[@d-zone]

what a waste of (designers) money.

[@miroslavpendelj9685]

Do you need some money?

[@learningcameras]

Why? It's a taxi...and a much better one from the looks of it. You're not supposed to fill your garage with them

[@JohnSmith-pn2vl]

plenty boomers in here as always on top gear, rofl

[@d-zone]

@@learningcameras It's never going to happen in this form (or anything like it) in the next 20 years, let alone "2" as they claim. It won't be allowed in any UK City where taxis are regulated. The technology does not exist (nor is it 2 years away). It's simply a waste of Mr Rimac's VW cash windfall.

[@smazungsmazo-qh1bw]

It's a money laundering scheme. And siphoning fund from the EU with the help of the ruling party in Croatia. His father was just sentenced to prison for fraud last week.

[@PursuedByAMemory]

The editing in these new TopGear videos have been really stand out. I noticed it first in the T50 video.

[@eyeSeeQu]

Lot of Lidars but nobody saw it driving... just another Patent war...

[@kristijangrgic9841]

They say in Video which company developed autonomous driving software and there are videos of those cars driving without driver. Only thing Rimac did different is they removed the fron seats and the wheel. They did not make New software.

[@Strepite]

He had a showcase the other day (to justify public funding) where he tried to hail the "car" on stage, it failed and it turned out it was ALL fake, there was a guy with joystick that was supposed to operate the car remotely. First they were silent about it but in the end admitted it. So basically there is no car, it's literally a concept of car interior and the main feature is you can play a game or change the smell in the cabin!? Lol... From all evidences the whole thing seems like a big scam in order to harvest a ton of public money (around 200 000 000 €) He already broke ALL deadlines on which basis he got public funds and croatian journalists are finally starting to investigate what's going on...

[@SYSTEM__32]

I think Mate Rimac is great, but the car just looks like the a Waymo Jaguar I-Pace and Tesla combination IMO.

[@MRVSKIN]

Absolutely love it.

[@saasiswhite]

The easy thing is the car, the self driving is the difficult

[@eddieg6436]

I’m glad it’s only a 2-seater!! SHARING a vehicle with others (let alone strangers!!) isn’t going to happen!!!

[@miroslavpendelj9685]

Europe is Europe, Asia is Asia.

[@jackparker8686]

Expecting it to recognize a stop sign that has just been hit during an accident or graffiti? Or blocked by someone parking a tow truck where they shouldn't... Also police should be equipped with special signal emission equipment that stops these cars and these cars must be equipped with this accessible system

[@bio_stack]

Props to Rimac for sharing their ideas with competitors like tesla this early. Seems like they truly care about progress and sustainability.

[@chrisoconnell8432]

Not a single idea shared in the video has not already been thought of by Tesla (except maybe the scent selection). Tesla has already shared concept App photos showing how you can pre-set the temperature and radio before your car arrives. There's concept photos of a two person, 3 wheeled robo-taxi in the new Elon Biography.

[@GTO33]

@@chrisoconnell8432 Tesla has not even presented their robotaxi yet, and everthing they promise is always 5 -10 years late

[@bio_stack]

​@@chrisoconnell8432 Yes tesla has thought of these ideas, but it helps to validate them, knowing how much thought has gone into the deployment etc.

[@chrisoconnell8432]

@@GTO33 Tesla will present their robotaxi on Aug 8th. The first to present doesn't mean anything, what matters is first to deploy at scale. Its the "at scale" part that really matters, otherwise you made something cool that few can use. Tesla has build over 6,000,000 cars to date, Rimac less then 150. Who do you really think has a better chance at mass production?

[@BranislavB-hx9zy]

Already being tested on the streets of Zagreb, several contracts in different countries' cities already signed, don't worry

[@bleuebloom]

8:54 - he corrects the guy for saying “car” 9:57 - he says “car”

[@maxaluta3618]

Exciting.

[@zabdielscoon3041]

These days, more often than not, I’d rather be driven and look out the window. Sure sometimes it’s nice to drive and make a road trip, but also have the car drive me!

[@josipmatic1912]

I live in Zagreb and cannot wait for this to come roll out. I will sell my second car in a second and drive with this every day.

[@kristijangrgic9841]

It will probably cost 100 euro per minute 😂

[@MrOdgovor]

@@kristijangrgic9841This is not for you boots from Serbia.

[@BadMuflon]

How u going to get anywhere in Zagreb traffic in that thing? The BMWs are going to eat that thing for breakfast

[@2000Richardw]

Hope it succeeds but they not even got a production facility yet. They was walking through an empty building 😂

[@onsokumaru4663]

Stop comparing this to Tesla, Elon has been promising robotaxis since 2017 and till this day they don't even have a prototype DRIVERLESS vehicle. Waymo is currently the leader in autonomous driving tech ranked at level 4, while Tesla's autonomy tech is at level 2.

[@BranislavB-hx9zy]

Yes but, Elon is the world's best at lifting share prices, by focusing on potentials in the future of conglomerate companies he has built, no one else can do it in the car industry!

[@coolpool1969]

😂 You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Tesla is the only company that will be able to truly solve general autonomy, and they're doing it now...

[@onsokumaru4663]

@@coolpool1969 Okay tesla fanboi. Maybe if you do a bit of research and stop repeating everything that Elon hypes, maybe you might actually learn that Mercedes and Waymo are miles ahead of tesla.

[@coolpool1969]

@onsokumaru4663 Waymo's solution works for the most part but is very brittle and isn't financially scalable. They rely on HD mapping every city they operate in and their cars cost at least a hundred thousand dollars. They're still using outdated tech (mostly hard coded logic). Tesla have their own highly efficient inference chips in the cars, using only cameras, their system is vision only and doesn't rely on HD maps, and they are using true end-to-end AI and they have millions of vehicles gathering data. They are also spending billions on massive compute farms, which are already up and running. Training AI is all about *data* and they will have millions of miles of data to train on, because the Tesla fleet can provide it. Waymo has a tiny, tiny fraction of that and no way to increase it to that scale. I could go on but it's game over for everyone else. The latest version of Tesla's FSD is already 95% there, and it's only been operational for less than a year.

[@coolpool1969]

@onsokumaru4663 FFS KZbin deleted my reply 🙄 I have done my research. Mercedes is laughable but Waymo does have working Level 4. The problem is, it's extremely costly, it's using outdated tech which doesn't easily scale, and most importantly, they don't have the data, which is the most important aspect of training AI. Tesla is gathering millions of miles of data off the fleet, spending billions on massive compute farms, have super-cheap tech in the cars and the right approach to succeed (end-to-end neural nets).

[@danielferreira4357]

I will definitely call for one when I need it. And my wife will surely use it a lot.

[@miroslavpendelj9685]

Bravo, amigo!😊😊😊

[@TheBaldOne]

The Tesla shills in the comments, love it lol

[@iCozzh]

Mentioning tesla doesnt = a shill. Its pointing out obvious flaws in the design of the car.

[@Palbizu]

They’re always there

[@Palbizu]

They can’t fathom that Teslas are kinda mid

[@MrKnowledge0014]

@@PalbizuKinda shit I would say

[@OilBaron]

Lol, theyre insufferable

[@LeonNeuton]

Wow, super cool. I'm thrilled by the passion & vision of the Bugatti's CEO. Rimac's unconventional move into somewhat practical future-tech is refreshing. Not everyone needs a 1800hp "super car killer" but the application of their technology and innovations across different segments opens up endless possibilities. Kudos to Rimac for paving the way towards a more advanced and interconnected automotive future! That's game-changing. Excited for what's to come!💯

[@dmtechdm]

amazing,future is here

[@stevengiannakopoulos326]

The looks of the car don’t matter. Nothing matters. If you can get it to drive itself is the only thing that matters.

[@tzip2007]

Dude the EPIC music is so so loud, please STOP

[@CYBRLFT]

Love the Nevera, I just hope they don’t kill their company trying to take this on. This sort of project will require far more capital than they have on hand.

[@samjohnston4945]

Thank you Wookie for a great job of having the right questions answered & making it an entertaining segment.