I think a lot of that came from the Tesla hype machine creating a strong association between electric and self-driving as being the immediate future of cars in popular consciousness, so when people saw electric becoming a reality they assumed self-driving was right around the corner when in actuality their maturity levels aren't related much at all. Fallacious thinking that may doom a few companies between Lyft, Uber, and Tesla
This is a good point. I think the market has to adjust to a reality where electric cars are just cars that happen to be electric, rather than a hyped up techno-dream. Electric propulsion all by itself is pretty great, we don't need to tie it to FSD dreams.
