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    A 2015 forecast: no more debate over autonomous electric vehicles’ inevitability by 2020

    A venture capitalist recalls expecting urban autonomous driving services to settle the debate once people experienced their convenience and efficiency.

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    On September 15, 2026, a venture capitalist revisited a prediction they said they made during a 2015 debate with four other VCs. Their “Rise of the Robocars” forecast held that by 2020, experiencing the convenience and efficiency of urban autonomous driving services would end debate over the inevitability of autonomous electric vehicles.

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    @FutureJurvetsonIn 2015, I had a debate with four other VCs about our non-obvious tech trend predictions. Mine: "Rise of the Robocars: Driven by a Machine. By 2020 we will no longer debate the inevitability of autonomous electric vehicles when we first experience the convenience and efficiency of urban autonomous driving services."

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    @FutureJurvetsonIn 2015, I had a debate with four other VCs about our non-obvious tech trend predictions. Mine: "Rise of the Robocars: Driven by a Machine. By 2020 we will no longer debate the inevitability of autonomous electric vehicles when we first experience the convenience and efficiency of urban autonomous driving services."