For Elon Musk, the driverless car is always right around the corner. At an investor day event last month focused on Tesla's autonomous driving technology, the CEO predicted that his company would have a million cars on the road next year with self-driving hardware “at a reliability level that we would consider that no one needs to pay attention.” That means Level 5 autonomy, per the Society of Automotive Engineers, or a vehicle that can travel on any road at any time without human intervention. It's a level of technological advancement I once compared to the Batmobile.
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