Comment by bandrami

> But in 2026 in the US only Waymo has highly autonomous driving systems, in only a few markets

10 years ago I predicted that the uptake of autonomous vehicles would be slow but that it would be because of labor protections. While those have had some impact, that isn't really the issue: it's that the cars just don't quite work well enough yet and that last ~20% of function turns out to be both incredibly difficult and incredibly important.