US actually has a considerably competitive advantage in that their roads (especially in cities) are so much easier to navigate than in Europe. "Autonomous" veh

US actually has a considerably competitive advantage in that their roads (especially in cities) are so much easier to navigate than in Europe. "Autonomous" vehicles are SO far away from navigating European cities. Picked a few random locations (all two-way roads by the way, often with pedestrian and bicycle traffic). It's probably 30 years out when a car can drive these: * Lausanne, Switzerland: https://www.google.no/maps/@46.4767732,6.8289361,3a,75y,254.36h,81.38t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sUlFBpZKWczFKoRFCIrttOg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.no/maps/@46.4767732,6.8289361,3a,75y,254.... * Polignano, Italy https://www.google.no/maps/@40.9957993,17.22086,3a,75y,347.9h,85.8t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sttWTmoeyMt5JIdVcD3wPWw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DttWTmoeyMt5JIdVcD3wPWw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D58.179623%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.no/maps/@40.9957993,17.22086,3a,75y,347.9... (driven this one myself, and remember thinking that it would be close to impossible for an autonomous vehicle) * Paris, France https://www.google.no/maps/@48.8660537,2.4074756,3a,75y,48.63h,85.71t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sY84o6GvcIjn8WFDXWthL7Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DY84o6GvcIjn8WFDXWthL7Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D128.0682%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.no/maps/@48.8660537,2.4074756,3a,75y,48.6... (one way) * Zagreb, Crotia https://www.google.no/maps/@45.8222709,15.9280256,3a,75y,320.75h,82.76t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sU6W_HLzoIrG2lWV7g55mSQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.no/maps/@45.8222709,15.9280256,3a,75y,320...