by Mike ‘Mish’ Shedlock
Mish Talk
According to Ford’s just announced plans, my 2022-2024 target for mass deployment of self-driving vehicles in the US is right on target if not overly pessimistic.
[…] Please consider Ford Plans Mass-Market Self-Driving Car by 2021.
Ford says it will build a totally self-driving car by 2021 as it seeks to take the lead in the global race to produce the world’s first high-volume driverless vehicle.
The car, which will have no steering wheel or pedals, will be used in the driverless taxi services that Ford said it expects to dominate the market in the coming decade.
There’s a real business rationale for this,” said Ford chief executive Mark Fields.