While I'd love to have a Tesla, if I could afford one, it is not the autonomous vehicle of the future that we'll pre-program for destinations and then sit back and read email, watch a movie, put on make-up, etc.
I am confident that car companies will be rapidly solving the thorny issues of self-driving cars. The challenge is going to be having government standards that assist auto manufacturers and bring some certainty to the manufacturing and technology fielding process. With cars crossing local, state and sometimes international boundaries, it will require a level of cooperation and federal leadership to make the reality of safer cars come to pass sooner rather than later.
Eliminating the driver is the ultimate goal!