There’s been a lot of hype in the news about self-driving cars. (and there have been a lot of threads here, too 
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This is GQ, and I don’t want to re-hash the old questions about how long it will take for self-driving cars to conquer the world.
So my question is simple and short–regarding the self-driving cars which have been seen moving on urban roads in realistic conditions during the past year or so:
Have any of these cars been seen driving on snow?
Never mind snow… rain, hail, fog, night driving…
I think the question you actually mean to ask is, are there any self-driving cars yet which are safely driving in snow (or rain, or hail, or fog)?
But the question to ask first is, are there any human-driven cars yet which are safely driving in snow (or rain, or hail, or fog)?
Martti is a self-driving car from Finland designed for icy snow-covered roads
Self-driving cars face a new test: snow (Financial Times article, Paywalled but you should be able to view it once.)
The clever way Ford’s self-driving cars navigate in snow (Wired article from 2 years ago about Ford starting testing self-driving cars in snow)
Here’s how self-driving cars are learning to deal with snow (Business Insider article about Waymo testing their self-driving cars in snow)
There’s a new self-driving car testing facility in Michigan, a state which has a little snow: