Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals
Google is "losing out" in the sense that it's actually making an effort to perfect the technology to the point where a car can safely drive itself with no driver, while everyone else (Tesla, Uber, etc.) is happy to rush to market with options that still require an attentive person behind the wheel.  These are different focuses that have different outcomes and time scales, as the last part of the article says.