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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Steve Fowler

We’re on the road to fully autonomous cars, but the Tesla trial proves the road is going to be bumpy

Imagine a time where you have your own car, but it doesn’t live with you. Instead, it stays in a car hotel, within easy reach of wherever you might be. All you have to do is summon it when you need it, or AI could predict when you want to travel, and your car miraculously appears, waiting for you at your door.

It’s pretty much how some very lucky, very rich people live now, with their chauffeur ready and waiting with their perfectly polished vehicle ready to whisk them off at a moment’s notice. The future will bring this luxury within the reach of ordinary car owners, and it could be here sooner than we think. Chauffeurs and taxi drivers will be very worried.

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