"Transportation expert Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of North Carolina who’s associated with Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society, said Zimmer’s timeline for autonomous vehicles aligns with his own and those of many others.
“There won't be just one approach to automated driving,” Smith said in an email. “We could ultimately see everything from networks of robotaxis (for passengers and freight) to individually owned driverless mobile homes. For many reasons, however, the fleet model will be more attractive to most developers and to most consumers, especially those at lower income levels. And because of this likely shift to a service model, the rate of adoption could be much faster than many past automotive technologies.”"
- Date Published:09/19/2016
- Original Publication:SFGate