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Honda has spent decades building consumer trust based on safety and quality. This has me suspecting that many consumers will trust them, over Tesla or another newly established brand when it comes to autonomous driving. Personally I'll take "works ok but is bulletproof" over "cutting edge but buggy" any day.

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Bulletproof on Japanese roads where immaculate paint is given or also on rural third world country roads?

> or also on rural third world country roads?

I drove 40,000 miles from Alaska to Argentina and 54,000 miles around Africa [1].

From experience, I can tell you the vast majority of vehicles sold in the developed world wouldn't last a couple of months on 'rural third world country roads'. The potholes, corrugations, mud, dust and everything else are intense.

For eg, this is how I crossed the Democratic Republic of Congo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV8V3GdOcPU

[1] youtube.com/theroadchoseme

Just checked this out. Awesome channel!

That's a key distinction, "the road" is an ambiguity that these car companies love to deploy.

Personally I trust that before Honda rolls this tech out in the United States, it will be in fact bulletproof. Or at least that's my perception as a US consumer who has owned multiple Honda products.

Given what I read about Tesla, they'd most likely blame the roads, the driver or simply lie about the capabilities and push forward because "it's safer than humans!".

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