One weird thing missing from all the news about self-driving cars is... who is going to make money? The way to make money is to be first, best, and also have lots of patents. It seems like everybody is competing and/or partnering with each other. I get that there's a "even if you can't beat them you gotta join them" aspect to this, but when there are so many companies - both auto manufacturers and the various technology firms they partner with - claiming to be ready in about 3 years..um?
