Great post Ken. There are a lot of flaws with the U2C, but imo the single biggest one is that Jacksonville is being used as guinea pig by smaller time players. Since creating the automobile in the 19th century, Mercedes has come up with a ton of the major innovations related to the automobile. Toyota, BMW, and others have also done a lot to push things forward. Tesla is new to the space, but obviously has a huge influence and amount of resources now.
The winners in this game will ultimately be a Tesla or Mercedes (who have been partnering with Bosch on autonomous research). Sadly, for Jax, it is quite likely that some of those companies are already miles ahead of them and just haven't released their tech or findings yet. Like the US military, Mercedes (and others) do not immediately release it's technology, so that it can start working on the next additions to that technology, and therefore stay ahead of competitors.