Many of the seemingly small problems do require a good model of the world for context and edge case solving, so they still get very close to general intelegence.
Yep, at least in my eyes you'll never be able to "solve" self driving without solving the G in AGI. You require a world model for predictions in order to have enough time to avoid many bad outcomes. Avoiding an empty soda can and avoiding a brick are similar problems, but one can easily lead to critical failures if you miss it.