This always seemed like the future - now it seems it will be here soon
Elon Musk has announced plans for a fleet of "RoboTaxis". Essentially, a Self Driving rideshare fleet
Uber with a computer driving
From Geekwire:
The Robotaxi concept relies on the ability to make Tesla cars fully autonomous, to the point that the steering wheels can be removed.
“By the middle of next year, we’ll have over a million Tesla cars on the road with full self-driving hardware, feature complete, at a reliability level that we would consider that no one needs to pay attention,” Musk told investors at Tesla’s headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif.
Musk acknowledged that the timetable could be in flux, due to regulatory concerns as well as his tendency to get overly optimistic about timetables.