> It's that, at every step along the way, there were a group of people who doubted that cars could do that thing
...Can you cite that?
> And then the thing we said they can't do changed to something else.
...And they were the same people?
> We are undeniably continuing to make progress
Where did anyone deny this?
> To suggest things are slowing down
Where did anyone make this argument?
The quote from TFA:
> but the hype has promised completely autonomous cars reliably zipping about in rush hour traffic.
The author did not restrict that to SF, and is presumably referring to "hype" that "promised" this globally.