I think Ford is correct here. Getting the problem 99% right means a lot of people get killed and injured.
By tackling small chunks such as geofencing, and things like autonomous busses on planned routes, the industry will move the ball forward in slow, steady steps.
But to me, the idea that a real self-driving car would be around the corner (i.e. 2020 or 2021) is just laughable. People underestimate the difficulty of that last 1%. My best guess is that the last 1% is greater than the first 99%.
Or, as Yogi Berra might say - the first 99% is the easy part; the second 99% is the hard part.
By tackling small chunks such as geofencing, and things like autonomous busses on planned routes, the industry will move the ball forward in slow, steady steps.
But to me, the idea that a real self-driving car would be around the corner (i.e. 2020 or 2021) is just laughable. People underestimate the difficulty of that last 1%. My best guess is that the last 1% is greater than the first 99%.
Or, as Yogi Berra might say - the first 99% is the easy part; the second 99% is the hard part.