We had the money. We had the talent. We had two of the biggest automakers in the world. What we didn't have was enough time.

The technology is not the hard part. The hard part is making the technology work in every situation a human driver would encounter.

Self-driving cars are further away than any of us want to admit.

Profitable, fully autonomous vehicles at scale are still a long way off. We're being honest about that.

Having two corporate sponsors sounds like a dream. In practice, it meant two sets of priorities, two vehicle platforms, and two definitions of success.