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> 5 years ago electric/autonomous cars-as-computers were not on the road map (or were an afterthought) for major OEM's Five years ago was 2013. The Nissan Leaf
by Jasper_ 8y ago
> 5 years ago electric/autonomous cars-as-computers were not on the road map (or were an afterthought) for major OEM's
Five years ago was 2013. The Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt were first released in 2010. Tesla Autopilot was announced in 2014 (four years ago!), which used technology by MobilEye, which was already supplying BMW, GM and Volvo with the same technology.
I don't know where this revisionist history comes from. Large automotive manufacturers did say that it would take time for the technology to mature, and it took roughly as long as what they said it would, around the same time Tesla launched theirs as well. If that's not a roadmap, I don't know what is.