IMAGINE, as your car seamlessly navigates without human intervention, you sit comfortably and passively, observing the journey unfold through a touchscreen display. The absence of a steering wheel or pedals creates a sense of detachment, as if in a dream. Your car smoothly glides through traffic with surgical precision, adeptly responding to the environment without any human emotional reaction or outbursts.

This paragraph would have been called imaginary or magic until recently when Elon Musk publicly launched Tesla's fully automated robot taxi and robot van, predicted to accelerate the transformation of America's roads into driverless vehicles.

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