Originally posted by beefytee
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Ten years in, any objective viewer would compare Walter’s prediction to that of the opening poster and say Walter got the better of the two.
The lazy retort would be, well, there’s still a lot of future ahead of us. And, sure, who knows what another ten or fifty years will bring. But what the last ten years has shown is stubborn resilience by the obstacles to autonomous vehicles, with some gains in the margins through limited automated features.
The big change that appears to be looming in the auto industry isn’t autonomous driving—it is electrification. And the resources being brought to bear to facilitate that transition illuminate the obstacles that would have to be overcome if other innovations, like autonomous vehicles, are to gain any traction.
If you are thinking in the lens of where there is governmental and investor backing, a field that is like electrification of vehicles, but unlike autonomous driving, is fusion power. I think over the next decade we will see limited gains in autonomous vehicles but significant progress toward fusion-powered electricity on a commercial scale.
Another ten years from now, you can make fun of me for that whiff too.
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