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That characterization seems hilariously disconnected from the facts, which are that DARPA kick-started autonomous vehicles more than fifteen years ago with mill
by ebikelaw 8y ago
That characterization seems hilariously disconnected from the facts, which are that DARPA kick-started autonomous vehicles more than fifteen years ago with millions in government money, and that the vast majority of development of such vehicles has occurred on public roads, mostly in California. The parts that have been developed off-road have been done at an old Air Force base, and if you want to argue that facility is privately funded that will only make your argument sound even more dumb.
- slg 8y agoYou are right that I should have included a qualifier in that statement that it is not 100% funded by private business but that percentage is probably pretty close. Yes, DARPA got things moving but like you said their investment was in the millions. Google, Uber, Tesla, GM, etc have invested billions into the tech. Once again if this is a question of the effectiveness of the money spent, DARPA's investment in driverless tech greatly exceeds the potential of billions being spent on high speed rail.