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I well remember when Ford Chairman, William Clay Ford Jr, said the company would have level 4 self driving by 2021. Well the year 2021 came and passed with no

by rmason 4y ago

I well remember when Ford Chairman, William Clay Ford Jr, said the company would have level 4 self driving by 2021. Well the year 2021 came and passed with no announcement from the company. The Detroit auto press is saying this was Ford's decision and that VW only went along because it couldn't find another partner willing to invest billions but who knows? If Elon Musk (or even GM) is able to pull the rabbit out of the hat on self driving this could be quite a blow to Ford and VW. But why keep throwing billions away while seeing scant progress?

tuatoru 4y ago
To me it seems like at least a trillion-dollar problem. (One percent of a year's world GDP.) Auto makers are under-investing, or they don't see enough profit in it.