My daughter-in-law has a Honda that really is autonomous on the highway now so long as there is a center line. It centers the vehicle between the lines. It slows for slow moving vehicles. It stops if the vehicle or person ahead of you stops. She could get on a freeway now and just drive hands free.
It seems to me that cars are slowly becoming autonomous.
Other news is that Honda if becoming a partner in GM Cruise and will invest $750 million up front and more than $2 billion more for about 5% of Cruise over the next 12 years.
GM Cruise** and Google Waymo*** are considered the two most advanced companies.
They made some significant progress based on an impressive real-world self-driving demo of their Bolt EV prototype of which they now have over 100 driving in California, Arizona, and Michigan.
They are already using part of their fleet to carry Cruise employees “anywhere in San Francisco using their app” – an early version of the service they plan to offer to the public next year.**
* https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/10/03/former-gm-vice-chair-and-former-chrysler-president-on-the-autonomous-car-race-gm-honda-self-driving-car-vehicle-cruise-holdings-investment-stake-hmc.html
** https://electrek.co/2018/10/03/gm-cruise-honda-investment-new-autonomous-vehicle/
*** https://waymo.com/
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