Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced Monday that he anticipates autonomous vehicles operating without human drivers will become more common throughout the United States before the end of this year.
During a video presentation at the Smart Mobility Summit in Tel Aviv, Musk revealed that driverless cars are currently functioning in three Texas cities without safety operators present, and stated this program would grow to cover the entire country within 2024.
Looking ahead to the future of transportation, Musk made bold predictions about artificial intelligence taking over driving duties. “Five years from now and certainly 10 years from now … probably 90% of all distance driven will be driven by the AI in a self-driving car,” he said. “So overwhelmingly, it’ll be quite a niche thing in 10 years to actually be driving your own car.”
