The dream of the automated public car: It comes to you within a couple of minutes when you call it, instead of having to wait for the next bus. Which can be ar

The dream of the automated public car: It comes to you within a couple of minutes when you call it, instead of having to wait for the next bus. Which can be around a half hour or worse in the US outside of the cores of cities. It goes directly where you want to go, instead of going vaguely near your destination and stopping every three blocks for passengers. Cargo can go in the trunk, rather than get hauled onto the bus by hand and fight for space with passengers when the bus is full