In a steamy basement garage in San Francisco's Soma neighborhood, Cruise Automation CEO Kyle Vogt shows off the Generation 3, a car that looks like the electric Chevrolet Bolt, but which Vogt is calling the first production model self-driving car in the world. At least, it will be, once he and his team figure out the hard part.
Conquering self-driving car is about the car, sure. Predictions vary wildly, but it feels safe to say that at some point in the next 50 years, an automotive company will need to roll driverless-ready vehicles off production lines, and at a clip.
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