Right; the comparison to cars and airplanes is ridiculous.
The first automobile was patented in 1886. Within 20 years there were dozens of commerically available models on the roads including Fords, Peugeots, Cadillacs, Mercedes, Oldsmobiles and other juggernauts still pumping out cars today.
The first powered flight was in 1903. Within 20 years planes were crossing the Atlantic, changing the nature of warfare, delivering our mail and even ferrying passengers.
Autonomous cars have been around in some form or another since 1984 (with experimentation going back as far as the 1930s) and they haven’t revolutionized anything because they still kind of suck.
Even if those taxis can be made to function exactly as intended they’ll still suck for a whole host of reasons.
