The autonomous vehicle industry is gravitating toward “highway-only autonomy”, including long-haul trucks, as its hyped pursuit of “go-anywhere” taxis stalls
Sector focuses on long-haul trucks and passenger vehicles after ‘autonomous disillusionment’
For the last ten years Silicon Valley has been sending endless press releases and talking up the inevitability of self-driving cars. Nope. Failure. @Atrios spotted the scam early. I find Silicon Valley disdain for government failures amusing. https://www.ft.com/...
It's also kind of funny that what these guys are now doing is trying to... recreate the railroad. Pushing self-driving cars babble was such an easy way for lazy self-promoters to sound smart. https://www.ft.com/...