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Originally Posted by GlassCity
Yep. Uber's story isn't even close to being finished yet. Their only hope for success is to get to fully automated vehicles before the investment capital subsidizing all of their rides runs out. A race that is in no way guaranteed to finish in Uber's favour.
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That's a long way off, if ever.
The head of Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous vehicle unit gave a cautious outlook for the nascent industry on Tuesday, saying the technology won’t be ubiquitous for decades and that driverless vehicles will always have constraints.
Waymo Chief Executive Officer John Krafcik said self-driving cars will require driver assistance for many years to come, and that he doesn’t envision a day when the technology operates in all weather conditions and without some sort of "user interaction."..
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...ing-cars-won-t-be-ubiqitious-for-decades
Whaddya bet those "weather conditions" are things like snow?