> Clearly the end game for self driving automobiles is far, far fewer cars in the world. [...] Of course Google and Detroit aren't going to see eye to eye on th

> Clearly the end game for self driving automobiles is far, far fewer cars in the world. [...] Of course Google and Detroit aren't going to see eye to eye on this. Arguably, reducing the number of cars in existence at any given time doesn't reduce the number of cars sold. Rather, you'd have to reduce the rate at which they wear out and/or reduce peoples' reliance on transportation.