The self-driving dream fades into the distance

SELF-DRIVING CARS – THE MYTH HAS EVAPORATED IN THE MORNING SUN

About 2016, I worked as a professional driver for Uber and began to hear stories about the next big thing in the private hire industry, autonomous cars. These, it was claimed, would be safer, reduce fares and enable Uber and similar companies to get rid of those pesky drivers and achieve profitability at last.

“It is now clear that the dream of the autonomous vehicle has receded into the long term...”

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