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Title ideas

 * List of self-driving car claims
 * List of self-driving car launch dates
 * List of driverless car launch dates

Summary
A number of companies are developing self-driving cars, self-driving trucks, and other self-driving vehicles. This article summarizes the dates on which these companies plan to launch their products and services.

Launches of self-driving vehicles without safety drivers
This list focuses the timeline of self-driving vehicles without a human in the car who is poised take over driving if the self-driving system fails (i.e. a safety driver). Launches of services that have a safety driver are not included in this list.

References to organize

 * Oct 2015 - https://www.wired.co.uk/article/toyota-highway-teammate-driverless-car-tokyo
 * First autonomous Toyota to be available in 2020
 * Aug 2016 - https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/1/12337516/delphi-self-driving-car-service-singapore
 * Delphi - Fully autonomous fleet of vehicles in Singapore by 2022
 * Aug 2016 - https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/23/12603624/delphi-mobileye-self-driving-autonomous-car-2019
 * Delphi and MobilEye to provide an off-the-shelf self-driving system by 2019
 * Sep 2017 - https://www.ft.com/content/5599dec2-a365-11e7-9e4f-7f5e6a7c98a2
 * Ford + Lyft self driving taxi 2021
 * Nov 2017 - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-07/waymo-driverless-cars-are-now-driverless-in-ground-breaking-test
 * Waymo - Remove safety driver in 2017
 * Dec 2017 - https://www.thedrive.com/tech/16779/lyft-finally-launches-its-boston-self-driving-car-pilot-program
 * lyft - billion rides per year by 2025
 * Jan 2018 - https://money.cnn.com/2018/01/12/technology/general-motors-cruise-self-driving-car/index.html
 * gm car without steering wheel; no dates stated.
 * Jan 2018 - https://phys.org/news/2018-01-hyundai-aurora-autonomous-cars.html
 * hyundai and aurora to launch L4 autonomous cars by 2021
 * May 2018 - https://www.forbes.com/feature/zoox-autonomous-cars-taxis/#2fe884455755
 * zoox 2020
 * waymo 2018
 * gm 2019
 * July 2019 - https://innotechtoday.com/zoox/
 * zoox 2020
 * July 2019 - https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/24/gm-cruise-delays-launch-of-autonomous-ride-share-adds-to-test-fleet.html
 * gm cruise had planned on 2019; pushing back to unspecified date
 * Aug 2019 - https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/30/self-driving-cars-were-supposed-to-be-here-already-heres-whats-next.html
 * cruise 2020
 * Sep 2019 - https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/23/aptiv-and-hyundai-form-new-joint-venture-focused-on-autonomous-driving/
 * Hyundai / Aptiv to enable fleet operators to commercialize robotaxis by 2022
 * Sep 2019 - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ford-self-driving-austin/ford-self-driving-cars-to-launch-in-austin-in-2021-idUSKBN1WA1RP
 * ford to commercially launch autonomous transport of people and goods in 2021
 * Oct 2019 - https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/3/20897526/zoox-self-driving-taxi-robot-las-vegas-2020
 * zoox "soon after 2020"
 * Oct 2019 - https://www.businessinsider.com/zoox-cofounder-no-chance-tesla-fully-self-driving-cars-2020-2019-10
 * zoox 2021
 * tesla mid 2020
 * Oct 2019 - https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/09/waymo-to-customers-completely-driverless-waymo-cars-are-on-the-way/
 * waymo - no specific dates
 * Nov 2019 - https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/30/self-driving-cars-were-supposed-to-be-here-already-heres-whats-next.html
 * aurora - next 5 years
 * Nov 2019 - https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/11/daimler-will-cut-back-spending-on-self-driving-taxis-ceo-says/
 * daimler - longer than expected but no specific timeline
 * mentions that waymo had planned to launch in 2018 and cruise in 2019
 * Jan 2020 - https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/21/gm-subsidiary-cruise-unveils-its-first-purpose-built-autonomous-vehicle.html
 * gm cruise origin shuttle. no dates stated.
 * Apr 2020 - https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/28/ford-postpones-autonomous-vehicle-service-until-2022/
 * ford 2022
 * more sources to look into - https://www.reddit.com/r/SelfDrivingCarsLie/comments/c0tj1v/self_driving_cars_wrong_predictions_and_hype_does/