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Self-driving cars: Hype-filled decade ends on sobering note

Washington, DC (CNN Business)The calendar will soon turn to 2020, and you can be forgiven if you’re wondering where your self-driving car is. A decade of hype and bold predictions is coming to a quiet end.

Automakers and tech companies have promised a transportation utopia, and invested billions to try to make it so. Tesla’s Elon Musk talked of autonomous cross-country trips in 2017. GM promised self-driving rides would be available in 2019. Ford was more cautious with its choice of 2021.

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/18/tech/self-driving-cars-decade/index.html

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