A European executive at Ford predicts that its first round of driverless vehicles will be for transit or transit-like services because individuals will be unlikely to purchase them and because these self-driving vehicles might not be ready for prime time in all locales due to pesky realities of snow, rain, and darkness. Here are these and other interesting comments from the Ford executive.
GM agrees - or seems to
GM is also now predicting - a departure from previous statements - that within five years, driverless cars will be sold on the consumer market. Within 15 years, they could be the majority of vehicles on the road, GM is saying - at least by a spokesperson in Canada. But GM is also telling Canadians that these vehicles will be shared. (Thank you to Uber and Lyft for changing that conversation.)
And why is GM in Canada to share these predictions? There is movement afoot to do more driverless development and research in the country of our neighbors to the north. The GM president and managing director is plugging for that.
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