edatoakrun
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NYT article below give some Idea of how much public and private money is already pouring into developing the AV industry:
Within only a few decades, I expect that we will have reached the point where most all new vehicles sold for use on roads will be autonomous BEVs (ABEVs?).
I think the shift to AVs in will have far more profound immediate effects on the economy and society than the shift to BEVs, while the greater benefits from the shift to BEVs will take centuries (mostly from less-disastrous effects from climate change) to fully realize.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/automobiles/self-driving-cars-ignite-gold-rush-among-states.html
Among the States, Self-Driving Cars Have Ignited a Gold Rush
Whether it is fuel savings, safer commutes or freed-up time behind the wheel, drivers have many reasons to embrace self-driving cars.
But another group is just as eager to see these vehicles on the road: politicians.
Lawmakers from California, Texas and Virginia are wooing the autonomous car industry, along with the jobs and tax revenue that come with it.
They are financing research centers, building fake suburbs for testing the cars, and, perhaps most important, going light on regulation, all in an effort to attract a rapidly growing industry.
The prize: A piece of the estimated $20 billion automakers and other companies will spend globally on development over the next five years, according to an analysis by Gartner...
Within only a few decades, I expect that we will have reached the point where most all new vehicles sold for use on roads will be autonomous BEVs (ABEVs?).
I think the shift to AVs in will have far more profound immediate effects on the economy and society than the shift to BEVs, while the greater benefits from the shift to BEVs will take centuries (mostly from less-disastrous effects from climate change) to fully realize.