"Production-ready" can mean a lot of things. They do have over 30,000 trips logged in Vegas so far: https://www.forbes.com/sites/sebastianblanco/2019/01/29/apt

"Production-ready" can mean a lot of things. They do have over 30,000 trips logged in Vegas so far: https://www.forbes.com/sites/sebastianblanco/2019/01/29/aptiv-has-data-on-over-30000-autonomous-lyft-rides-in-las-vegas/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/sebastianblanco/2019/01/29/apti... Based on the CES demo videos, the loops they're doing are pretty easy, so having something "production ready" by next year if only for those loops probably isn't out of the question. Definitely nowhere near "True Level 5," but something that can generate (even modest) revenue. Aptiv is a truly huge conglomerate (140k+ employees), and the self-driving team (e.g. Nutonomy) is just a few dozen and distributed all over the US. It's easy for investors to look at Aptiv and see a disconnected Lord of the Flies. However, this announcement shows Aptiv wants to be seen as more of a unified Aurora-like start-up and thus warrants billions of external investment. Given how much mileage they've accumulated, I'm surprised they didn't raise more money.