This is almost entirely an algorithm arms race, since that will enable better capabilities with cheaper sensors/noisier data sources. As such, I predict that Go

This is almost entirely an algorithm arms race, since that will enable better capabilities with cheaper sensors/noisier data sources. As such, I predict that Google will mop the floor with the traditional car makers' efforts. For some perspective, most car makers can barely design decent entertainment center software, what makes anyone think they can compete in the computer vision and AI category? A fully autonomous car with the ability to make complex decisions on local roads is miles different from the adaptive cruise control and lane following/changing they're talking about here, and Google is the only one tackling the whole package. And the gulf in safety between something that can drive all the time and something that needs the driver to jump back in when it hits a situation it doesn't know how to solve is huge to the point that I probably wouldn't touch the halfway solution with a pole.