now say they still expect to roll out thousands of self-driving cars — but they are much more reluctant to say when that will happen. Waymo operates a fleet of 600 test vehicles — the same number it had on the road a year ago. China, which has the world’s largest auto market and is investing heavily in electric vehicles, is trailing in development of self-driving cars, analysts say. The country allows automakers to test such cars on public roads in only a handful of cities. Tesla and its chief executive, Elon Musk, are nearly alone in predicting widespread use of self-driving cars within the next year.

Source: New York Times July 17, 2019 09:00 UTC