[treyp]

"We're probably only a month away from having autonomous driving, at least for highways and for relatively simple roads. My guess for when we'll have full autonomy is about three years, approximately three years. However, regulators will probably not allow full autonomy for maybe... at least one to three years after that. So, it depends on the particular market -- some markets the regulators will be more forward leaning than others. But in terms of when will it be technologically possible, three years."

https://youtu.be/ktyMmzZ6WeM?t=474

[mikeash]

Thanks!

I wonder just what he means by "full autonomy" though. When he refers to "autonomous driving...for highways" that means that the car manages the steering and acceleration but the driver is alert and involved at all times, and ready to take over any time the car can't handle something. I wonder if he's referring to a similar concept that works in more situations, rather than a car that can drive with nobody in it.

Or he might just be optimistic and mean full automatic driving. Hard to tell.