We were told we'd be riding in self-driving cars by now. What happened to the promised revolution?
- Written by: Neil G Sipe, Honorary Professor of Planning, The University of Queensland
According to predictionsmade nearly a decade ago, we should be riding around in self-driving vehicles today. It’s now clear the autonomous vehicle revolution was overhyped.
Proponents woefully underestimated the technological challenges. It turns out developing a truly driverless vehicle is hard.
The other factor driving the hype was the...