Don't Ask When Self-Driving Cars Will Arrive--Ask Where

In 2018, sharp observers of self-driving vehicles may have noticed that a few of the things have arrived. While most are still testing, only allowing employees inside--including Uber, Ford, Argo, Aurora, and Cruise--this year also saw the 25,000th passenger trip provided by a collaboration between Aptiv and Lyft, which uses a handful of autonomous vehicles to ferry riders around Las Vegas. Just this month, Waymo launched a driverless service in the Phoenix area, if a limited one. This body of evidence should help you understand the nuanced answer to an increasingly common question. "We get asked, 'When are we going to see these cars?' My answer is, essentially, 'It depends where you live,'" says Karl Iagnemma, Aptiv's president of automotive mobility.