"GM says it will launch a robot taxi service in 2019" - 11/30/17 https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/30/16720776/gm-cruise-self-driving-taxi-launch-2019 https://w

"GM says it will launch a robot taxi service in 2019" - 11/30/17 https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/30/16720776/gm-cruise-self-driving-taxi-launch-2019 https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/30/16720776/gm-cruise-self-... "GM Hitting Bumps on $5 Billion Road to Driverless Cars by 2019" - 10/25/2018 https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/10/25/505576.htm https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/10/25/50... The hype has definitely been there, and on HN too. I can't find it now, but there was a great Twitter thread around New Year of someone calling in a bet they'd made with an SV figure about self driving Lyfts by 2019.