Much less that its deployment would be immediate, or that it would be available to everyone around the world. When I began writing regularly about autonomous driving in 2012 (Google’s official announcement was in 2010), my forecast was that the technology would be ready for deployment in 2020. Almost one million people who right now can download an app and order a completely autonomous vehicle with no one at the wheel to take them to their next destination. But most importantly, we must now understand that autonomous vehicles are not some technological whim or geeky obsession, but the key lowering road deaths and congestion. And now, as my math teacher would write on the board under each problem or demonstration: q. e. d.

Source: Forbes October 11, 2020 09:56 UTC