# Self driving cars are still decades away **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 10, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-driving-cars-are-still-decades-away/798499 "2017-10-10T17:38:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2856
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-driving-cars-are-still-decades-away/798499/2856 "2025-09-20T18:52:25Z")
This should probably not be in the thread for self driving. Optimus isn’t about that. I think here would be more appropriate > [@Why is Tesla's market cap so high?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-teslas-market-cap-so-high/1011594): > > I still can’t figure this out. Tesla’s market cap is 1.31 trillion now. Fords market cap is 41 billion. Honda is 44 billion. GM is 57 billion. Their cars aren’t anything amazing, and lots of companies are putting out EVs now. Also Musk has destroyed the consumer base for his vehicles (progressives with disposable income), which is going to hurt sales in the future. I have heard that investors look at Tesla more as a technology company rather than a car company, but even with that why is it v… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-driving-cars-are-still-decades-away/798499)._