Robocars - Autonomous Drive, Self-driving, Driver-less cars

You should see the automation in car factories. Even low tech corvettes are built on a series of automated and computer controlled moving platforms. These platforms roll freely throughout the factory and deliver parts or partially constructed 'vettes to different stations and can be retasked almost instantly.

The car industry definitely understands the tech needed to bring this to the road. I'm sure most manufacturers are working on ways to be involved.

And on the jobs front - all I saw in this documentary on car manufacture was much better working conditions for the humans and a far less dangerous workplace. Can't be a bad thing?

I've seen the auto welders and stuff in car manufacturing. They're usually fixed to a production line. I'd not seen the ones that move bits and pieces around like these little babies loaded with booze scootin' around (ok, basically predefined paths but still).