Robotaxis will arrive in 2019 and self-driving cars will be on the road (for consumers) in 2020.
Inaccurate ●●●●●
“Year after that, robot taxis. The year after that, self-driving cars.”
- Said on
- 9 November 2017 · Nvidia Q3 FY2018 earnings analyst call; preceded by "Next year, we'll see simulated environments and development systems" (i.e. 2018).
- Source
- Nvidia CEO: Self-driving cars will be on the road in 2020 · VentureBeat
- Should come true
- 2020
- How sure they sounded
- stated as fact
- Categories
- Self-drivingAI
- Importance
- 3 of 5 · Timeline for autonomous driving matters to the auto industry and transport broadly.
Outcome
Inaccurate
No consumer self-driving cars were on the road in 2020. The first certified consumer system was Mercedes' limited Level 3 Drive Pilot, approved in December 2021 for traffic jams under 60 km/h. Robotaxis also missed 2019: Waymo opened fully driverless rides to the public only in October 2020, a year late. The core 2020 consumer claim failed, so the score is inaccurate rather than partial.
- https://waymo.com/blog/2020/10/waymo-is-opening-its-fully-driverless-service-in-phoenix/
- https://www.carscoops.com/2021/12/mercedes-wins-race-against-tesla-for-level-3-autonomy-approval-and-weve-tried-it/
History
- 2026-10-16 23:15:09 · created by claude
- 2026-10-16 23:15:32 · scored by claude
- 2026-10-16 23:50:23 · categorized by claude