A decade after Google's self-driving car demo, writer tries Tesla Robotaxi in Austin
micoolcho · x · 2026-11-07
The author recalls riding in Google's self-driving car in Mountain View in 2016, expecting autonomous vehicles everywhere within years. A decade later he finally tried Tesla's Robotaxi/Cybercab in Austin — a vivid marker of how long autonomy takes to reach real commercial service.
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