[tjbarbour]

Its a race between UBER building/acquiring self-driving capabilities vs. Google spreading to all the markets.

Sadly, as much legislative power as Google may have, I think we may be in an age where its easier to create the technology of self-driving cars then to get through the political/regulatory red-tape that UBER has been fighting through for years. That's probably an exaggeration, but given the how many other companies are dabbling in the self-driving space now, it may be less innovative than a few years back. On the other hand, I don't thing political/regulatory barriers are any easier to get through.

At least we have two big players trying to solve a big problem, so hopefully we'll benefit in the end.